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DECREMENT

/ˈdɛkɹəmənt/9 letters

Definition of DECREMENT

noun

A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin decrementum.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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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.

DECREMENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
120
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

technomuse

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECREMENT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DECREMENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEEMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start DECREM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DECREMENTSDECREMENTALDECREMENTEDDECREMENTING

Could you have found DECREMENT?

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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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