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DETERGENT
Definition of DETERGENT
noun
Any non-soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French détergent, from Latin dētergēns, the present participle of dētergeō, from dē (“off”) + tergeō (“wipe, polish”).
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.
DETERGENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETERGENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEEGNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start DETERG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DETERGENT?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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