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DEFLESHING

10 letters

Definition of DEFLESHING

verb

present participle and gerund of deflesh

DEFLESH

verb

To remove the flesh from someone or something.

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Word DNA

DEFLESHING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFLESH.

How it is built

verbcompoundde-

Same root, DEFLESH · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEFLESHING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its 2 boards, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
161
First board
166
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

marks

on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEFLESHING
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEFLESHING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEEFGHILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start DEFLES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEFLESHING?

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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.

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