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DEFRAUDERS
Definition of DEFRAUDERS
noun
plural of defrauder
DEFRAUDER
noun
One who defrauds.
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Word DNA
DEFRAUDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEFRAUD.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,283)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFRAUD · 5 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.
DEFRAUDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 65 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFRAUDERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEFRRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, E and R appear more than once.
Words that start DEFRAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFRAUDERS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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