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DECONGEST
Definition of DECONGEST
verb
To free from congestion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + congest.
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.
DECONGEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECONGEST starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEGNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 DECONG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found DECONGEST?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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