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DEFAULTER

/dɪˈfɒltə/9 letters

Definition of DEFAULTER

noun

One who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.

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Where it comes from

From default + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEFAULTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 4 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
35
First board
100
Latest board
53
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DEFAULTER
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEFAULTER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFLRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start DEFAUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEFAULTER?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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