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DEGLACIATION

/diɡleɪʃiˈeɪʃən/12 letters

Definition of DEGLACIATION

noun

The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From de- + glaciation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

DEGLACIATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 2 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
108
First board
112
Latest board
4
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

lmrosenberg

on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEGLACIATION
12
Letters
6
Vowels
6
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEGLACIATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACDEGIILNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.

Words that start DEGLACIA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEGLACIATEDDEGLACIATIONS

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