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DECUBITUS

/dɪˈkjuː.bɪt.əs/9 letters

Definition of DECUBITUS

noun

The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from New Latin dēcubitus (“lying down”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DECUBITUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
66
First board
84
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

gorfrellik

on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DECUBITUS
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DECUBITUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCDEISTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start DECUBI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DECUBITUS?

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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.

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