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DEFECTIVE
Definition of DEFECTIVE
adjective
Having one or more defects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English defectif, defective, from Old French defectif, from Late Latin dēfectīvus.
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.
DEFECTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFECTIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEEFITV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFECTIVE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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