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DEFIANCE
Definition of DEFIANCE
noun
The feeling, or spirit of being defiant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English defiaunce, from Old French desfiance, from desfier. By surface analysis, defy + -ance.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFIANCE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFIANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFIANCE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEFIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFIAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DEFIANCE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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