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DEFENESTRATE

/dɪˈfɛnɪstɹeɪt/12 letters

Definition of DEFENESTRATE

verb

To eject or throw (someone or something) from or through a window.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

First attested in 1904; back-formation from defenestration on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from New Latin dē- (“out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (“-ation”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

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Players have found it on 1 board so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.

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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

hrashid

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEFENESTRATE
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEFENESTRATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEEEFNRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.

Words that start DEFENEST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEFENESTRATEDDEFENESTRATESDEFENESTRATINGDEFENESTRATIONDEFENESTRATIONS

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