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DEFORMALIZED
Definition of DEFORMALIZED
verb
simple past and past participle of deformalize
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Word DNA
DEFORMALIZED inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFORMALIZE.
How it is built
Same root, DEFORMALIZE · 2 relatives 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.
DEFORMALIZED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFORMALIZED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEFILMORZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DEFORMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFORMALIZED?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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