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DECARBONISE
Definition of DECARBONISE
verb
Alternative form of decarbonize.
verb
To remove carbon from something. To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + carbonise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECARBONISE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 54, 13 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 87 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECARBONISE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEEINORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECARBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found DECARBONISE?
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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