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DEHUMANIZER
Definition of DEHUMANIZER
noun
One who, or that which, dehumanizes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dehumanize + -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.
DEHUMANIZER 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 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEHUMANIZER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHIMNRUZ - 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 DEHUMAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEHUMANIZER?
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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