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DETRAIN
Definition of DETRAIN
verb
To exit from a train; to disembark.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + train.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DETRAIN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DETRAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DETRAIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DETRAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DETRAIN?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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