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DECIMATED
Definition of DECIMATED
verb
simple past and past participle of decimate
verb
To kill one-tenth of (a group), as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
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Word DNA
DECIMATED inherits its ancestry from its root, DECIMATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECIMATE · 5 relatives 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.
DECIMATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DECIMATED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEEIMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear 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 DECIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECIMATED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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