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DOCENT
Definition of DOCENT
adjective
Instructive; that teaches.
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Where it comes from
From Latin docēns, present participle of doceō (“to teach”). In the meaning of a university grade, as used in some Central European countries, it is clipped version of private docent, privat-docent, from German Privatdozent, from German Dozent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (889)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOCENT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOCENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDENOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DOCENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found DOCENT?
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