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DEFLEXIONAL
Definition of DEFLEXIONAL
adjective
Dated spelling of deflectional.
DEFLECTIONAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to deflection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deflexion + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFLEXIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFLEXIONAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFILLNOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DEFLEXI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFLEXIONAL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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