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DETAINEE
Definition of DETAINEE
noun
Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From detain + -ee.
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.
DETAINEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
Built from these letters
DETAINEE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEEINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DETAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DETAINEE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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