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DEBT
Definition of DEBT
noun
An action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dette, dett, borrowed from Old French dete (French dette), from Medieval Latin dēbita, from Latin dēbitum (“what is owed, a debt, a duty”), neuter of dēbitus, perfect passive participle of dēbeō (“to owe”), contraction of *dehibeō (“I have from”), from de (“from”) + habeō (“to have”). Doublet of debit. Displaced native Old English eofot. The unpronounced "b" in the modern English spelling is a Latinisation from the Latin etymon dēbitum.
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.
DEBT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEBT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BDET - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEBT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DEBT?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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