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DEAN
Definition of DEAN
noun
A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English den, deen (“dean”), from Anglo-Norman deen and continental Old French deien (modern French doyen), from Latin decānus. Doublet of doyen.
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.
DEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DEAN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found DEAN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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