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DEFECATOR

/ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/9 letters

Definition of DEFECATOR

noun

One who defecates.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From defecate + -or.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

DEFECATOR 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
80
First board
101
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

wordnerd

on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEFECATOR
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start DEFECA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.

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