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DEUTZIA
Definition of DEUTZIA
noun
Any of a group of cultivated shrubs, of the genus Deutzia, having white or pink flowers
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name, after Johann van der Deutz, 18th-century Dutch patron of botany.
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.
DEUTZIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEUTZIA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADEITUZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DEUTZI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found DEUTZIA?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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