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TRACTION
Definition of TRACTION
noun
The act of pulling something along a surface using motive power.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin tractio, from Latin tractus, perfect passive participle of verb trahere (“pull”), + noun of action suffix -io (genitive -ionis).
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.
TRACTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 3, 24 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TRACTION starts with T and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACINORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TRACTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found TRACTION?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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