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DERAILMENT
Definition of DERAILMENT
noun
The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French déraillement.
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 (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERAILMENT · 1 relative 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.
DERAILMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DERAILMENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEILMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DERAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DERAILMENT?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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