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DEFORMITY
Definition of DEFORMITY
noun
The state of being deformed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English deformite, from Middle French deformite, from Latin dēfōrmitās (“deformity, ugliness”), from dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”) + -itās, from dē + fōrma (“shape, form”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFORMITY · 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.
DEFORMITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFORMITY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFIMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEFORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DEFORMITY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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