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DELECTS
Definition of DELECTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of delect
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Word DNA
DELECTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DELECT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DELECT · 1 relative in the game
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.
DELECTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DELECTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEELST - 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 DELECTS?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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