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DECOYED
Definition of DECOYED
verb
simple past and past participle of decoy
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Word DNA
DECOYED inherits its ancestry from its root, DECOY.
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (234)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECOY · 4 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.
DECOYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECOYED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDDEEOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Could you have found DECOYED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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