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DEFICIT
Definition of DEFICIT
noun
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French déficit, from Latin dēficit. Related to defect.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEFICIT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEFICIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEFICIT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEFIIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DEFICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DEFICIT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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