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DEZINC
Definition of DEZINC
verb
To deprive of zinc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + zinc.
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.
DEZINC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DEZINC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEINZ - 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.
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 DEZINC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEZINC?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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