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DEWATER
Definition of DEWATER
verb
To remove water from.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + water.
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.
DEWATER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEWATER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEERTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 DEWATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEWATER?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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