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DERMESTID

9 letters

Definition of DERMESTID

noun

Any beetle of the family Dermestidae, most of which are scavengers that feed on dry animal or plant material.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DERMESTID in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

palomarPATRON

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DERMESTID
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DERMESTID starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.

Words that start DERMES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DERMESTIDS

Could you have found DERMESTID?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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