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DEFLAGRATION
Definition of DEFLAGRATION
noun
The act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion. Specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dēflagrātiō, from dēflagrāre.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFLAGRATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFLAGRATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADEFGILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DEFLAGRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found DEFLAGRATION?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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