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DEFOLIATORS
Definition of DEFOLIATORS
noun
plural of defoliator
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Word DNA
DEFOLIATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFOLIATOR.
How it is built
Same root, DEFOLIATOR · 1 relative 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.
DEFOLIATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFOLIATORS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEFILOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DEFOLIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFOLIATORS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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