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DEFANGS
Definition of DEFANGS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of defang
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Word DNA
DEFANGS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFANG.
How it is built
Same root, DEFANG · 2 relatives 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.
DEFANGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFANGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEFANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DEFANGS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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