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DISTENDER
Definition of DISTENDER
noun
One who, or that which, distends.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From distend + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DISTEND · 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.
DISTENDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTENDER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
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 DISTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTENDER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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