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DEICER

/ˌdiˈaɪsə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of DEICER

noun

A chemical substance used to melt ice or snow deposited on roads, vehicles or other surfaces.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From deice + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-er

Same root, DEICER · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

DEICER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 12 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
53
First board
154
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

epimetheon

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEICER
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEICER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start DEICER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEICER?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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