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DECUMBENT

/dɪˈkʌmbənt/9 letters

Definition of DECUMBENT

adjective

Lying down; reclining on the ground.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From the present participle of Latin dēcumbō.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

DECUMBENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 2 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
73
First board
96
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.

Built from these letters

DECUMBENT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DECUMBENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start DECUMB

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DECUMBENCEDECUMBENCYDECUMBENCESDECUMBENTLYDECUMBITURE

Could you have found DECUMBENT?

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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.

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