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DEFENESTRATE
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).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFENESTRATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found DEFENESTRATE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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