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DEAFEN
Definition of DEAFEN
verb
To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
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Where it comes from
From deaf + -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), Old English ādēafian (“to deafen”) and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven (“to stupefy, deafen”), German betäuben (“to stun, stupefy, deafen”).
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.
DEAFEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEAFEN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEAFEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DEAFEN?
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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