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DECRYPTION
Definition of DECRYPTION
noun
The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DECRYPTION · 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.
DECRYPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DECRYPTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEINOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DECRYP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DECRYPTION?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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