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DEPILATING
Definition of DEPILATING
verb
present participle and gerund of depilate
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Word DNA
DEPILATING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEPILATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEPILATE · 7 relatives 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.
DEPILATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPILATING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIILNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DEPILA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPILATING?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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