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DESEXING

8 letters

Definition of DESEXING

verb

present participle and gerund of desex

DESEX

verb

To remove another's sexual characteristics or functions, often via physical sterilization.

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Word DNA

DESEXING inherits its ancestry from its root, DESEX.

How it is built

verbcompoundde-

Same root, DESEX · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

DESEXING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 10 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
87
First board
145
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

lena

on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DESEXING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DESEXING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEEGINSX - 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.

Could you have found DESEXING?

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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