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DEPILATE
Definition of DEPILATE
verb
To remove all hair from skin so as to make it smooth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1575; borrowed from Latin dēpilātus, perfect passive participle of dēpilō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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.
DEPILATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPILATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEPILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPILATE?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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