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DEGERMING

9 letters

Definition of DEGERMING

verb

present participle and gerund of degerm

DEGERM

verb

To remove the germ from (a cereal grain etc.).

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Word DNA

DEGERMING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEGERM.

How it is built

verbcompoundde-

Same root, DEGERM · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEGERMING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
161
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

kimariyan

on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEGERMING
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEGERMING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEEGGIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and G appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

DEMERGING

Words that start DEGERM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEGERMING?

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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.

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