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DENERVATION
Definition of DENERVATION
noun
The removal or blocking of a nerve connection to tissue, such as by surgical or chemical means.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From denervate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DENERVATION · 1 relative 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.
DENERVATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
Built from these letters
DENERVATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEEINNORTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start DENERVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DENERVATION?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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