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DESULFURIZATION

15 letters

Definition of DESULFURIZATION

noun

The process of removing sulfur from a substance, such as flue gas or crude.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From desulfurize + -ation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its one board, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
68
First board
41
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.

First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.

Built from these letters

DESULFURIZATION
15
Letters
7
Vowels
8
Consonants
13
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DESULFURIZATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEFIILNORSTUUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

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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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.

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