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DELETORY

/dəˈliːtəɹi/8 letters

Definition of DELETORY

noun

That which blots out.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

See delete.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

DELETORY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 5 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
87
First board
107
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

nikodemusSUPPORTER

on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DELETORY
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found DELETORY?

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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.

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