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DERAY
Definition of DERAY
noun
Disorder, disturbance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French derroi, desroi, desrei, from des- (from Latin dis-) + roi, rei, rai (“order”). See array and disarray.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DERAY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DERAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERAY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADERY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DERAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERAY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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