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DIESELS
Definition of DIESELS
noun
plural of diesel
noun
A fuel derived from petroleum (or other oils) but heavier than gasoline/petrol. Used to power diesel engines which burn this fuel using the heat produced when air is compressed.
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Word DNA
DIESELS inherits its ancestry from its root, DIESEL.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (919)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIESEL · 2 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.
DIESELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIESELS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEILSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear 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 DIESEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIESELS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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