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DELTOIDS

8 letters

Definition of DELTOIDS

noun

plural of deltoid

DELTOID

noun

The deltoid muscle, a triangular muscle on the human shoulder.

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Word DNA

DELTOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, DELTOID.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,672)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, DELTOID · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

DELTOIDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 146
Its 6 boards, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
131
First board
146
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

bob37766

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DELTOIDS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DELTOIDS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEILOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Words that start DELTOI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DELTOIDS?

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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