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DECAPODS
Definition of DECAPODS
noun
plural of decapod
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Word DNA
DECAPODS inherits its ancestry from its root, DECAPOD.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,903)
branch · 15.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECAPOD · 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.
DECAPODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECAPODS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DECAPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECAPODS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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