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DEFERENTIAL
Definition of DEFERENTIAL
adjective
Respectful and considerate; showing deference.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deference (or its Latin type *dēferentia) + -al; compare essence, essential; prudence, prudential, etc. Coined by Scottish novelist, poet and playwright Walter Scott.
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.
DEFERENTIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
DEFERENTIAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEEEFILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFEREN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFERENTIAL?
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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