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DEBUSSING

9 letters

Definition of DEBUSSING

verb

present participle and gerund of debus

DEBUS

verb

To alight or get off a bus.

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Word DNA

DEBUSSING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEBUS.

How it is built

verb

Same root, DEBUS · 4 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEBUSSING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

brevifoliaPATRON

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEBUSSING
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEBUSSING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BDEGINSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DEBUSS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEBUSSEDDEBUSSES

Could you have found DEBUSSING?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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