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DERAIGN
Definition of DERAIGN
verb
To prove or refute, especially through combat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English dereynen, from Old French deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), from Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”).
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.
DERAIGN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DERAIGN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DERAIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DERAIGN?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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