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DECAGRAM

/ˈdɛkəɡɹæm/8 letters

Definition of DECAGRAM

noun

An SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: dag

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From French décagramme. By surface analysis, deca- + gram.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

5.3%

of traced words share this origin (4,125)

Romance

branch · 12.9% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompounddeca-

Same root, DECAGRAM · 3 relatives in the game

Every French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DECAGRAM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 23 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
50
First board
154
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

mossydeer

on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECAGRAM
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DECAGRAM starts with D and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AACDEGMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start DECAGR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DECAGRAMSDECAGRAMMEDECAGRAMMES

Could you have found DECAGRAM?

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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.

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