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DEPLOYMENT
Definition of DEPLOYMENT
noun
An arrangement or classification of things.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French déploiement. Also de- + ployment.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEPLOYMENT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEPLOYMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEPLOYMENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEELMNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEPLOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DEPLOYMENT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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