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DECOLOURISE
Definition of DECOLOURISE
verb
Alternative spelling of decolourize.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECOLOURISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECOLOURISE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEILOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Words that start DECOLOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECOLOURISE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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