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DETAINABLE
Definition of DETAINABLE
adjective
Capable of being detained.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From detain + -able.
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.
DETAINABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DETAINABLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABDEEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Words that start DETAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found DETAINABLE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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