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DEFAULTER
Definition of DEFAULTER
noun
One who fails to fulfill an obligation or perform a task, especially a legal or financial one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From default + -er.
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.
DEFAULTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
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 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.
Also seen on Day 35
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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