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DEFALCATION
Definition of DEFALCATION
noun
The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant.
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Where it comes from
Late 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), nominalization of dēfalcō, from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”). By surface analysis, defalcate + -ion (“the act of”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFALCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFALCATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDEFILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DEFALCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
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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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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