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DEBASER
Definition of DEBASER
noun
One who, or that which, debases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
DEBASER carries 2 further meanings.
noun
One who or that which debases or lowers in estimation or in value; one who or that which degrades or renders mean.
noun
a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
Where it comes from
From debase + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEBASE · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEBASER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEBASER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABDEERS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEBASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DEBASER?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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