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DECANALLY
Definition of DECANALLY
Wiktionary has no entry for DECANALLY itself. This is its base word, DECANAL.
adjective
Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DECANAL.
From French décanal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,974)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECANALLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECANALLY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACDELLNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DECANALLY?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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