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DEMIST
Definition of DEMIST
verb
To remove the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of (a window or mirror).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + mist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEMIST · 3 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.
DEMIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DEMIST starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEMIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found DEMIST?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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