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DETRAINS
Definition of DETRAINS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of detrain
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Word DNA
DETRAINS inherits its ancestry from its root, DETRAIN.
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.
DETRAINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETRAINS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEINRST - 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.
Could you have found DETRAINS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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