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DECKHAND
Definition of DECKHAND
noun
A member of the crew of a merchant ship who performs manual labour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deck + hand.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DECKHAND · 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.
DECKHAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DECKHAND starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEHKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DECKHAND?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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