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DEFOLIATING
Definition of DEFOLIATING
verb
present participle and gerund of defoliate
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Word DNA
DEFOLIATING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFOLIATE.
How it is built
Same root, DEFOLIATE · 3 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.
DEFOLIATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFOLIATING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DEFOLIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFOLIATING?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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