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DECAPSULATION

/diːkæpsjəˈleɪʃən/13 letters

Definition of DECAPSULATION

noun

The act or process of decapsulating.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From de- + capsulation.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun5 syllablescompoundde-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

DECAPSULATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
149
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

katue

on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECAPSULATION
13
Letters
6
Vowels
7
Consonants
12
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start DECAPSULA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DECAPSULATEDECAPSULATING

Could you have found DECAPSULATION?

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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.

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