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DEMOTION
Definition of DEMOTION
noun
An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEMOTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEMOTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEIMNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEMOTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found DEMOTION?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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