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DESPUMATION
Definition of DESPUMATION
noun
The act of giving off froth or scum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin despumatio: compare French despumation.
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.
DESPUMATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESPUMATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEIMNOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DESPUMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESPUMATION?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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