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DECOUPAGE
Definition of DECOUPAGE
noun
An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French découpage, from découper (“to cut up”).
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.
DECOUPAGE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECOUPAGE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEGOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DECOUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found DECOUPAGE?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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