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SUBJECTION
Definition of SUBJECTION
noun
The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English subjectioun, from Anglo-Norman subjectioun, Old French subjection (Modern French sujétion), and their etymon Latin subjectiō. By surface analysis, subject + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBJECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBJECTION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BCEIJNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SUBJEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SUBJECTION?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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