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DEPLUME

/diːˈpluːm/7 letters

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).

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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.

Day 1Day 119
Its 4 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
50
First board
97
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

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

macy

on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DEPLUME
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

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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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