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USUCAPTION
Definition of USUCAPTION
noun
The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ūsūcapiō.
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.
USUCAPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
USUCAPTION starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACINOPSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start USUCAP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found USUCAPTION?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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