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DEFIES
Definition of DEFIES
noun
plural of defy
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Word DNA
DEFIES inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFY · 2 relatives 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.
DEFIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFIES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEFIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found DEFIES?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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