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DECIDUOUS
Definition of DECIDUOUS
adjective
Describing a part that falls off, or is shed, at a particular time or stage of development.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin dēciduus (“falling down or off”), from dēcidō (“to fall down or off”) + -uus.
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
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% 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.
DECIDUOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECIDUOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDDEIOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and U appear more than once.
Words that start DECIDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECIDUOUS?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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