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DERATION
Definition of DERATION
verb
To remove rationing restrictions from (a product or commodity), so that the amounts one can buy or obtain are no longer limited by regulation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + ration.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DERATION · 2 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.
DERATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DERATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found DERATION?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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