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DEPLETE
Definition of DEPLETE
verb
To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term.
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.
DEPLETE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 113, 10 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DEPLETE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEELPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEPLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPLETE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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