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DEES

/ˈdiːz/4 letters

Definition of DEES

noun

plural of dee, the name of the letter D.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
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.

DEES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its 3 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
28
First board
108
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DEES
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DEES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEES - 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 DEES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEESCALATEDEESCALATEDDEESCALATESDEESCALATINGDEESCALATIONDEESCALATIONS

Could you have found DEES?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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