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ULCERATION
Definition of ULCERATION
noun
The development of an ulcer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ulcer + -ation.
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.
ULCERATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
ULCERATION starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ULCERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ULCERATION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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