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DEFORCES
Definition of DEFORCES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of deforce
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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.
DEFORCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFORCES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEEFORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEFORC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFORCES?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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