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DECLINATOR
Definition of DECLINATOR
noun
An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French déclinateur. See decline.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECLINATOR · 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.
DECLINATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECLINATOR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found DECLINATOR?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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