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DENITRIFY
Definition of DENITRIFY
verb
To remove nitrogen, often through the breakdown of nitrogenous compounds and the release of nitrogen gas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + nitro- + -ify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DENITRIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DENITRIFY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFIINRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DENITR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DENITRIFY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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