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DEFRAYMENT
Definition of DEFRAYMENT
noun
The payment of charges, expenses, grants, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From defray + -ment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFRAYMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFRAYMENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFMNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEFRAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFRAYMENT?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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