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DECAYER
Definition of DECAYER
noun
That which causes decay.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From decay + -er.
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.
DECAYER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECAYER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found DECAYER?
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 125 - and most players walked straight past it.
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