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DISTIL
Definition of DISTIL
verb
To exude (a liquid) in small drops; also, to give off (a vapour) which condenses in small drops.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English distillen (“to fall, flow, or shed in drops, drop, trickle; to shed drops; to fill (the eyes) with tears; (alchemy, medicine) to subject (something) to distillation; to obtain (something) using distillation; to distil; to condense or vaporize; (figuratively) to give (good fortune) to; to say (slanderous words)”) [and other forms], from Old French distiller (modern French distiller (“to distil”)), and from its etymon Latin distīllāre, a variant of Latin dēstīllāre, the present active infinitive of dēstīllō (“to drip or trickle down; to distil”), from dē- (prefix meaning ‘down, down from, down to’) + stīllō (“to drip, drop, trickle; to distil”) (from stīlla (“drop of liquid; (figuratively) small quantity”), probably a diminutive of stīria (“ice drop; icicle”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISTIL · 1 relative 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.
DISTIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISTIL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DIILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DISTIL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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