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DEVIATORY
Definition of DEVIATORY
adjective
Tending to deviate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From deviate + -ory.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEVIATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEVIATORY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEIORTVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEVIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEVIATORY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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