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DECORATED

/ˈdɛkəɹeɪtɪd/9 letters

Definition of DECORATED

adjective

Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.

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Word DNA

DECORATED inherits its ancestry from its root, DECORATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33%

of traced words share this origin (9,444)

Italic

branch · 33% of traced words

How it is built

adjective4 syllables-atedecor-

Same root, DECORATE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DECORATED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 141
Its one board, across 141 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

kganderson111

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECORATED
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DECORATED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEEORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.

Words that start DECORA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DECORATED?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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