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DIFFUSE

/dɪˈfjuːz/7 letters

Definition of DIFFUSE

verb

To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French diffuser, from Latin diffūsus, past participle of diffundere, from dis- + fundere.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIFFUSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

allabouttheicsi

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIFFUSE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIFFUSE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFFISU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DIFFUS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIFFUSEDDIFFUSERDIFFUSESDIFFUSORDIFFUSELYDIFFUSERSDIFFUSINGDIFFUSIONDIFFUSIVEDIFFUSORSDIFFUSEDLYDIFFUSIBLE

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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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