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DEADENS
Definition of DEADENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of deaden
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Word DNA
DEADENS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEADEN.
How it is built
Same root, DEADEN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEADENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEADENS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDEENS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DEADEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEADENS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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