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DECLINE
Definition of DECLINE
noun
: Downward movement, fall.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English declinen, and ultimately Latin declīnō (“to bend, turn aside, deflect, inflect, decline”, from dē- (“down”) + clīnō (“to bend, to incline”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean). The senses arrived from two separate pathways in Middle English:
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.
DECLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECLINE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found DECLINE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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