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DEBARK

/dɪˈbɑːk/6 letters

Definition of DEBARK

verb

To unload goods from an aircraft or ship.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French débarquer, from de- (Old French des-) + barque (“bark, small ship”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundde-des-

Same root, DEBARK · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old French.

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

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

DEBARK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 154
Its 10 boards, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
52
First board
137
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.

Built from these letters

DEBARK
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEBARK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABDEKR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DEBARK

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DEBARK?

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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.

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