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DEFORM
Definition of DEFORM
adjective
Having an unusual and unattractive shape; deformed, misshapen; hence, hideous, ugly.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English deforme (“out of shape, deformed”) [and other forms], from Middle French deforme (modern French difforme (“misshapen, deformed”)), or directly from its etymon Latin dēfōrmis (“departing physically from the correct shape, deformed, malformed, misshapen, ugly; (figuratively) departing morally from the correct quality, base, disgraceful, shameful, unbecoming”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘away from; from’) + fōrma (“form, appearance, figure, shape; fine form, beauty; design, outline, plan; model, pattern; mould, stamp; (figuratively) kind, manner, sort”) (further etymology unknown; perhaps related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape; appearance; outline; kind, type”), probably from Pre-Greek, but there is no consensus) + -is (suffix forming adjectives of the third declension).
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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.
DEFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 114, 11 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 114, 11 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFORM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEFMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DEFORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFORM?
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