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DEEP
Definition of DEEP
adjective
Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards. Extending far down from the top, or surface, to the bottom, literally or figuratively.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English dep, deep, depe, from Old English dēop (“deep, profound; awful, mysterious; heinous; serious, solemn, earnest; extreme, great”), from Proto-West Germanic *deup, from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (“deep”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”). Cognate with Scots depe (“deep”), North Frisian diip, jip (“deep”), Saterland Frisian djoop (“deep”), West Frisian djip (“deep”), Dutch diep (“deep”), Low German deep (“deep”), Luxembourgish déif (“deep”), Central Franconian deep, deef (“deep”), German tief (“deep”), Alemannic German tüüf (“deep”), Mòcheno tiaf (“deep”), Vilamovian tif, tīf, tiif (“deep”), Yiddish טיף (tif, “deep”), Danish dyb (“deep”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish djup (“deep”), Scanian djyber (“deep”), Norwegian Bokmål djup, dyp (“deep”), Faroese and Icelandic djúpur (“deep”), Gothic 𐌳𐌹𐌿𐍀𐍃 (diups, “deep”), Lithuanian dubùs (“deep, hollow”), Albanian det (“sea”), Welsh dwfn (“deep”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, DEEP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Welsh, Yiddish.
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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.
DEEP in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DEEP starts with D and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read DEEP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 DEEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEEP?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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