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SEMIDEAF
Definition of SEMIDEAF
adjective
Very hard of hearing: nearly deaf.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From semi- + deaf.
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.
SEMIDEAF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 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
SEMIDEAF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 SEMIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEMIDEAF?
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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