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DEHISCENT
Definition of DEHISCENT
adjective
Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin dehīscentem, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”), from hīscō (“to yawn, gape”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEHISCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEHISCENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEHISC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DEHISCENT?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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