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DECEIT
Definition of DECEIT
noun
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English deceyte, from Old French deceite, deçoite, from decevoir (“to deceive”), from Latin dēcipere (“to cheat, mislead”).
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.
DECEIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DECEIT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECEIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DECEIT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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