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DEPLOYS
Definition of DEPLOYS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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
DEPLOYS 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.
DEPLOYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEPLOYS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DELOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEPLOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DEPLOYS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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