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DEGLAZER
Definition of DEGLAZER
noun
One who or that which deglazes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deglaze + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
DEGLAZER 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 3 days.
Built from these letters
DEGLAZER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGLRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEGLAZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEGLAZER?
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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