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DEFILED
Definition of DEFILED
adjective
Impure; dirty.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFILED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEFIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear 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 DEFILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFILED?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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