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DECIMAL
Definition of DECIMAL
noun
NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for decimal point.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin, Medieval Latin decimalis, from Latin decimus, from decem (“ten”) + adjective suffix -alis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECIMAL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECIMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECIMAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found DECIMAL?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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