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DERAIL
Definition of DERAIL
noun
Synonym of derailer: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”). Analyzable as de- + rail.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,081)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERAIL · 4 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.
DERAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DERAIL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILR - 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 DERAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found DERAIL?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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