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DECENARY
Definition of DECENARY
adjective
Of or related to the number ten, as a base of numeration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin decenarius (“containing 10 items; related to the number 10”), from decem (“ten”) + -ārius (“-ary”) Doublet of decener.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECENARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECENARY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEENRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECENARY?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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