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DEJECTION
Definition of DEJECTION
noun
A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French dejection, from Latin dejectio (“a casting down”). By surface analysis, deject + -ion.
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.
DEJECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DEJECTION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIJNOT - 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 34
Could you have found DEJECTION?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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