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DEFLORATION
Definition of DEFLORATION
noun
the act of deflowering
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French desfloracion (French défloration), from Latin defloratio.
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.
DEFLORATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFLORATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEFILNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DEFLORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFLORATION?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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