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DELIQUIUM
Definition of DELIQUIUM
noun
Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin deliquium, from Latin delinquere (“to lack, to fail”).
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.
DELIQUIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELIQUIUM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DEIILMQUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and U appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DELIQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DELIQUIUM?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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