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DEONTICS
Definition of DEONTICS
noun
The field of philosophical logic that is concerned with obligation, permission, and related concepts.
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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.
DEONTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEONTICS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEINOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DEONTICS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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