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DEBOSS
Definition of DEBOSS
verb
To mark or decorate with an indented design or symbol.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + boss.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEBOSS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEBOSS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBOSS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 DEBOSS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEBOSS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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