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DERAILERS
Definition of DERAILERS
noun
plural of derailer
noun
One who, or that which, derails. Synonym of derail: A device placed on railway tracks in order to cause a train to derail.
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Word DNA
DERAILERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DERAIL.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERAIL · 5 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.
DERAILERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERAILERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILRRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once.
Words that start DERAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERAILERS?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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