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DEFOAMING
Definition of DEFOAMING
verb
present participle and gerund of defoam
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Word DNA
DEFOAMING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFOAM.
How it is built
Same root, DEFOAM · 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.
DEFOAMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DEFOAMING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEFOAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFOAMING?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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