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DEFAECATORS
Definition of DEFAECATORS
noun
plural of defaecator
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEFAECATOR · 1 relative 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.
DEFAECATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
Built from these letters
DEFAECATORS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEFORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start DEFAECA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFAECATORS?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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