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DEERS
Definition of DEERS
noun
plural of deer
noun
A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla, such as the musk deer or mouse deer.
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Word DNA
DEERS inherits its ancestry from its root, DEER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, DEER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Sanskrit, Scots and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEERS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEERS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEERS?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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