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DEFAME
Definition of DEFAME
verb
To disgrace; to bring into disrepute.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English defamen, from Anglo-Norman defamer (verb), defame (noun), and its source, Latin diffāmō, from fāma (“fame; rumour; reputation”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFAME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFAME starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFAME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFAME?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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