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DEIFYING
Definition of DEIFYING
verb
present participle and gerund of deify
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Word DNA
DEIFYING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEIFY.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEIFY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEIFYING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGIINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found DEIFYING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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