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DEFLECTION
Definition of DEFLECTION
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
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Where it comes from
From Latin dēflexiō, from dēflectere (“to deflect”; participle stem dēflex-) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). The non-etymological spelling deflection is taken from the present stem dēflect-, associated with collection, dissection, etc. By surface analysis, deflect + -ion.
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.
DEFLECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFLECTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFLEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found DEFLECTION?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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