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DOCILE
Definition of DOCILE
adjective
Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English docyle, from Middle French docile, from Latin docilis, from docēre (“teach”). Compare Portuguese dócil ("docile").
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOCILE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Portuguese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DOCILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 78 boards so far. 276 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DOCILE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEILO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DOCILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found DOCILE?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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