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DENATURATION

/diːˌnætʃəˈɹeɪʃən/12 letters

Definition of DENATURATION

noun

The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink

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Where it comes from

From denature + -ation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompound-ation

Same root, DENATURE · 9 relatives in the game

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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.

DENATURATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
154
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

doveslette

on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DENATURATION
12
Letters
6
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DENATURATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADEINNORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, A and T appear more than once.

Words that start DENATURA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DENATURANTDENATURANTSDENATURALISEDENATURALIZEDENATURALIZEDDENATURALIZESDENATURATIONSDENATURALIZING

Could you have found DENATURATION?

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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.

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