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DEMARCATE
Definition of DEMARCATE
verb
To mark the limits or boundaries of something; to delimit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from demarcation.
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.
DEMARCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEMARCATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEMARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DEMARCATE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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