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DEFLATIONARY

/dɪˈfleɪ.ʃən.ɹi/12 letters

Definition of DEFLATIONARY

adjective

Associated with or tending to cause deflation.

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Where it comes from

From deflation + -ary.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

DEFLATIONARY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 7 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
82
First board
102
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.

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Built from these letters

DEFLATIONARY
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
11
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEFLATIONARY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADEFILNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start DEFLATIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.

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