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DEODORANT
Definition of DEODORANT
noun
Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or control odor. An odor-controlling substance applied to the underarm to counteract odor from perspiration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin de- + odorans, present participle of odorare (“to smell”), from odor (“a smell”); see odor. By surface analysis, de- + odor + -ant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,639)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEODORANT · 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.
DEODORANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEODORANT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADDENOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once.
Words that start DEODOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEODORANT?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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