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DEFASTE
Definition of DEFASTE
verb
Obsolete form of defaced.
DEFACE · via defaced
verb
To damage or vandalize something, especially a surface, in a visible or conspicuous manner.
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Word DNA
DEFASTE inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFACE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFACE · 9 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.
DEFASTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 175, 11 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFASTE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DEFASTE?
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 175 - and most players walked straight past it.
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