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DEMISTING

9 letters

Definition of DEMISTING

verb

present participle and gerund of demist

DEMIST

verb

To remove the layer of fine liquid particles from the surface of (a window or mirror).

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Word DNA

DEMISTING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEMIST.

How it is built

verbcompoundde-

Same root, DEMIST · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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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.

DEMISTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 148
Its 6 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
69
First board
120
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.

First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.

Built from these letters

DEMISTING
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEMISTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start DEMIST

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEMISTING?

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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.

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