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DEFERMENT
Definition of DEFERMENT
noun
An act or instance of deferring or putting off.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From defer + -ment.
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.
DEFERMENT 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 found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFERMENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEEFMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEFERM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFERMENT?
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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