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DEFIANTNESS

/dɪˈfaɪ(j)əntnəs/11 letters

Definition of DEFIANTNESS

noun

The state or quality of being defiant.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From defiant + -ness.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEFIANTNESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

avp

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEFIANTNESS
11
Letters
4
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEFIANTNESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFINNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, N and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DEFIANT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEFIANTNESS?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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