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DEFENSE
Definition of DEFENSE
noun
The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English defens, defense, from Old French defens, defense, from Late Latin dēfēnsa (“protection”). Displaced native Old English bewering. The verb is from the noun.
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.
DEFENSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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
DEFENSE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEEFNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFENS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFENSE?
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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