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DEFUZING
Definition of DEFUZING
verb
present participle and gerund of defuze
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFUZING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 81 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFUZING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGINUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DEFUZING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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