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DECRY
Definition of DECRY
verb
To denounce as harmful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
C. 1600, from Middle French decrier (“to denigrate; depreciate”), from Old French descrier (“to shout”) (modern décrier). Doublet of descry. The pejorative meaning had not been present in the Middle English loan, but it was present in the French word from at least the 13th century, with a meaning of "to denigrate; depreciate; to announce the depreciation or suppression of a currency", presumably from the interpretation of de- as meaning "down, inferior".
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DECRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECRY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DECRY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found DECRY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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