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DECEPTIONAL
Definition of DECEPTIONAL
adjective
Employing or relating to deception; deceptive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deception + -al.
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.
DECEPTIONAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 96 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECEPTIONAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECEPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found DECEPTIONAL?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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