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DEFLAGRATING
Definition of DEFLAGRATING
verb
present participle and gerund of deflagrate
verb
To burn with intense light and heat. Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
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Word DNA
DEFLAGRATING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFLAGRATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFLAGRATE · 4 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.
DEFLAGRATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFLAGRATING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AADEFGGILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and G appear more than once.
Words that start DEFLAGRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFLAGRATING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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