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DEFORESTING
Definition of DEFORESTING
verb
present participle and gerund of deforest
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Word DNA
DEFORESTING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFOREST.
How it is built
Same root, DEFOREST · 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.
DEFORESTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFORESTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEEFGINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFORES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DEFORESTING?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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