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DEFLOWERING
Definition of DEFLOWERING
verb
present participle and gerund of deflower
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Other senses
DEFLOWERING carries 2 further meanings.
verb
Present participle of deflower.
noun
The breaking of the hymen of a virgin.
Word DNA
DEFLOWERING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFLOWER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFLOWER · 2 relatives in the game
DEFLOWERING in a sentence
“I agree that Julie and Matt's romance is key to the show (though I winced at your choice of the word deflowering for their sweet campsite scene).”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFLOWERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 124 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFLOWERING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEEFGILNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFLOWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DEFLOWERING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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