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DECOUPAGING
Definition of DECOUPAGING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
DECOUPAGING inherits its ancestry from its root, DECOUPAGE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,061)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECOUPAGE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECOUPAGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECOUPAGING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGGINOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start DECOUPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECOUPAGING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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