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DEPLUME
Definition of DEPLUME
verb
To strip of feathers or plumage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).
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.
DEPLUME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPLUME starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEELMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEPLUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found DEPLUME?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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