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DEJECT
Definition of DEJECT
verb
Make sad or dispirited.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French dejeter, from Latin dēiectus, past participle of dēicere (“to throw down”), from dē- (“from, down from”) + iacere (“to throw”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEJECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEJECT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEEJT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DEJECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DEJECT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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