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USURPATION
Definition of USURPATION
noun
The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English usurpacioun, from Old French usurpacion, from Latin ūsurpātiō; equivalent to usurp + -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.
USURPATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
USURPATION starts with U and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINOPRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start USURPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found USURPATION?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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