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DEVISE
Definition of DEVISE
verb
To use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English devisen, devysen, from Old French deviser, from Vulgar Latin devisō, from Latin dīvisō, frequentative of dīvidō.
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.
DEVISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEVISE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEISV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DEVISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found DEVISE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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