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DEFIBULATES
Definition of DEFIBULATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of defibulate
DEFIBULATE
verb
To perform defibulation.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEFIBULATE · 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.
DEFIBULATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFIBULATES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEFILSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFIBUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFIBULATES?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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