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DEBUNK
Definition of DEBUNK
verb
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- (“away”) + bunk (“nonsense”) (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923.
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.
DEBUNK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEBUNK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BDEKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEBUNK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found DEBUNK?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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