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DELECT
Definition of DELECT
verb
To delight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin dēlectāre. Compare Middle English delect (“to ease the pain of (an ulcer)”). Doublet of delight.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DELECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELECT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEELT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DELECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DELECT?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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