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DEBEL
Definition of DEBEL
verb
To conquer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French débeller. Doublet of debellate.
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.
DEBEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBEL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BDEEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 DEBEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DEBEL?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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