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DECROWNING
Definition of DECROWNING
verb
present participle and gerund of decrown
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Word DNA
DECROWNING inherits its ancestry from its root, DECROWN.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,395)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECROWN · 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.
DECROWNING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECROWNING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGINNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start DECROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECROWNING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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