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DEFUNDINGS
Definition of DEFUNDINGS
noun
plural of defunding
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFUNDINGS 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 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DEFUNDINGS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEFGINNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and N appear more than once.
Words that start DEFUND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEFUNDINGS?
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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