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DETUNES
Definition of DETUNES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of detune
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DETUNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETUNES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEENSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found DETUNES?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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