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SUBTRACTION
Definition of SUBTRACTION
noun
The process of subtracting a number from another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin subtractio, subtractionis. Can be decomposed to subtract + -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.
SUBTRACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBTRACTION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCINORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start SUBTRAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBTRACTION?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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