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DEKING
Definition of DEKING
verb
present participle and gerund of deke
noun
A feint, fake, or other move made by the player with the puck to deceive a goaltender or defenceman.
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Word DNA
DEKING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEKE.
How it is built
Same root, DEKE · 3 relatives 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.
DEKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEKING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DEKING?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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