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DETOXIFY
Definition of DETOXIFY
verb
To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)
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.
DETOXIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DETOXIFY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFIOTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DETOXI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found DETOXIFY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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