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DESEX
Definition of DESEX
verb
To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + sex.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DESEX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESEX starts with D and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read DEESX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DESEX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESEX?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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