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DEFEATIST
Definition of DEFEATIST
adjective
Of or relating to defeatism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From defeat + -ist, after French défaitiste.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,418)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFEATIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFEATIST starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFISTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start DEFEAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFEATIST?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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