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DECOROUS

/ˈdɛkəɹəs/8 letters

Definition of DECOROUS

adjective

Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly.

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Where it comes from

From the following:

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DECOROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 12 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
30
First board
100
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

sassypants

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECOROUS
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DECOROUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start DECORO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DECOROUSLYDECOROUSNESSDECOROUSNESSES

Could you have found DECOROUS?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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