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DEFAMATIONS
Definition of DEFAMATIONS
noun
plural of defamation
noun
The act of injuring another person's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another.
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Word DNA
DEFAMATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFAMATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFAMATION · 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.
DEFAMATIONS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 138 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFAMATIONS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEFIMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DEFAMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found DEFAMATIONS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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