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DEFLORATE
Definition of DEFLORATE
adjective
Past the flowering state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + florate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEFLORATE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFLORATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DEFLORATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFLORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEFLOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFLORATE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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