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DETRITUS
Definition of DETRITUS
noun
Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”).
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.
DETRITUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETRITUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start DETRIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DETRITUS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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