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DECONTROL
Definition of DECONTROL
verb
To remove controls.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + control.
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.
DECONTROL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECONTROL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CDELNOORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DECONT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECONTROL?
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 116 - and most players walked straight past it.
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