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DECREPIT
Definition of DECREPIT
adjective
Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECREPIT · 1 relative 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.
DECREPIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECREPIT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECREP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DECREPIT?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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