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DEBYES
Definition of DEBYES
noun
plural of debye
noun
The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10 statcoulomb-centimetre and computable from the SI unit coulomb-metre by multiplying by the factor 3.33564 × 10.
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Word DNA
DEBYES inherits its ancestry from its root, DEBYE.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (718)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEBYE · 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.
DEBYES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 70 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEBYES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEESY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DEBYES?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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