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DESTROYS
Definition of DESTROYS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of destroy
verb
To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
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Word DNA
DESTROYS inherits its ancestry from its root, DESTROY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESTROY · 4 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.
DESTROYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DESTROYS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEORSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start DESTRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESTROYS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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