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DEXTER

/ˈdɛks.tə/6 letters

Definition of DEXTER

adjective

Right; on the right-hand side.

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Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,176)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, DEXTER · 1 relative in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DEXTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 15 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
32
First board
157
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DEXTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DEXTER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEERTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start DEXTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DEXTERSDEXTERITYDEXTEROUSDEXTERWISEDEXTERITIESDEXTEROUSLYDEXTEROUSNESSDEXTEROUSNESSES

Could you have found DEXTER?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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