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DEPLOYED
Definition of DEPLOYED
verb
simple past and past participle of deploy
verb
To prepare and arrange (originally military unit or units, i.e., to array troops) for use.
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Word DNA
DEPLOYED inherits its ancestry from its root, DEPLOY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEPLOY · 5 relatives 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.
DEPLOYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEPLOYED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEELOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DEPLOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEPLOYED?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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