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DESCENT
Definition of DESCENT
noun
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English and Anglo-Norman descente, from Anglo-Norman descendre (“to descend”); see descend. Compare ascent, ascend. Doublet of desant.
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.
DESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DESCENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDEENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 DESCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found DESCENT?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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