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DEBAUCH
Definition of DEBAUCH
noun
An individual act of debauchery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauchier (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk. Evolution of sense unclear; may be literally “to shave/trim wood to make a beam” or may be “to leave/lure someone from a workshop”, Frankish *balkō perhaps also meaning “workshop”. Possible corruption by way of Anglicised French term bord (“edge, curb”): curb crawling as a synonym for prostitution. Parallels in modern German: Bordsteinschwalbe (“prostitute”, literally “Curb-stone-swallow”). English words bawd, bawdiness may be similarly connected.
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.
DEBAUCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBAUCH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEHU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEBAUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found DEBAUCH?
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