The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DEFTNESS
Definition of DEFTNESS
noun
Skilfulness, being quick in action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deft + -ness.
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.
DEFTNESS 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 11 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
DEFTNESS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEFNSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DEFTNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFTNESS?
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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