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DECK
Definition of DECK
noun
Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dekke, borrowed from Middle Dutch dec (“roof, covering”), from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną. Formed the same: German Decke (“covering, blanket”). Doublet of thatch and thack.
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.
DECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CDEK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DECK?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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