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DEWAX
Definition of DEWAX
verb
To remove wax from (a material or surface).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + wax.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEWAX · 3 relatives 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.
DEWAX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEWAX starts with D and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ADEWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEWAX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEWAX?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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