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DEVILWOOD
Definition of DEVILWOOD
noun
A tree (Cartrema americana, formerly Osmanthus americanus), allied to the European olive.
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Where it comes from
From devil + wood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEVILWOOD · 1 relative 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.
DEVILWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
Built from these letters
DEVILWOOD starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEILOOVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DEVILWOOD?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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