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DECEPTIOUS
Definition of DECEPTIOUS
adjective
deceptive, tending to deceive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin deceptiosus.
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.
DECEPTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECEPTIOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECEPTIOUS?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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