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DEPARTMENT
Definition of DEPARTMENT
noun
A part, portion, or subdivision.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English departement (“ceasing, end”), from Middle French département. Later senses borrowed from Modern French département. Doublet of département.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEPARTMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DEPARTMENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMNPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once.
Words that start DEPART
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPARTMENT?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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