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DEKKO
Definition of DEKKO
noun
A look; a glance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani देखो / دیکھو (dekho), imperative of देखना / دیکھنا (dekhnā, “to see, to look”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEKKO · 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.
DEKKO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEKKO starts with D and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DEKKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. K appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DEKKO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEKKO?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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