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DECOMPENSATE
Definition of DECOMPENSATE
verb
To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + compensate.
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.
DECOMPENSATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECOMPENSATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEEMNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECOMPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECOMPENSATE?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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