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DECAYER

7 letters

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).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

Day 1Day 125
Its one board, across 125 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
125
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

juansaenz

on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECAYER
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start DECAYE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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