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DEFORESTATION
Definition of DEFORESTATION
noun
The process of destroying a forest and replacing it with something else, especially with an agricultural system.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFORESTATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFORESTATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFINOORSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, O and T appear more than once.
Words that start DEFORESTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFORESTATION?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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