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DECAL
Definition of DECAL
noun
A design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of decalcomania.
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.
DECAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DECAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found DECAL?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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