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DEFOCUSING
Definition of DEFOCUSING
verb
present participle and gerund of defocus
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFOCUSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFOCUSING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEFGINOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEFOCU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found DEFOCUSING?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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