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DECRYPTIONS
Definition of DECRYPTIONS
noun
plural of decryption
noun
The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
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Word DNA
DECRYPTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, DECRYPTION.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% 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.
DECRYPTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DECRYPTIONS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEINOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DECRYPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DECRYPTIONS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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