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DELIGHTED

/dɪˈlaɪtɪd/9 letters

Definition of DELIGHTED

adjective

Greatly pleased.

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Word DNA

DELIGHTED inherits its ancestry from its root, DELIGHT.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

32.5%

of traced words share this origin (8,497)

Italic

branch · 32.5% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-ight

Same root, DELIGHT · 3 relatives in the game

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DELIGHTED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.

Built from these letters

DELIGHTED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DELIGHTED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEGHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.

Words that start DELIGH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DELIGHTDELIGHTSDELIGHTERDELIGHTERSDELIGHTFULDELIGHTINGDELIGHTEDLYDELIGHTLESSDELIGHTSOMEDELIGHTFULLYDELIGHTEDNESSDELIGHTFULNESS

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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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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