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DETACH
Definition of DETACH
verb
To take apart from; to take off.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
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.
DETACH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETACH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DETACH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DETACH?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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