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DECLUTCH
Definition of DECLUTCH
verb
To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + clutch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DECLUTCH · 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.
DECLUTCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECLUTCH starts with D and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCDEHLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears 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 DECLUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECLUTCH?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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