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DELETERIOUS
Definition of DELETERIOUS
adjective
Harmful, often in a subtle or unexpected way.
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Where it comes from
Adapted borrowing (1640s; 1582 as deletorious) of New Latin dēlētērius, dēlētōrius + -ous, from Ancient Greek δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious, deleterious”), from δηλητήρ (dēlētḗr, “a destroyer”), from δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “I hurt, damage, spoil, waste”). Not related to delete or deleble. Doublet of deletery.
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.
DELETERIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELETERIOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEEILORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DELETER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DELETERIOUS?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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