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DOUBLESPEAK
Definition of DOUBLESPEAK
noun
Any language deliberately constructed to disguise or distort its actual meaning, often by employing euphemism or ambiguity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From double + -speak. Coined in the 1950s in the vein of George Orwell's Newspeak as used in his book Nineteen Eighty-Four. The word doublespeak does not appear in the book, although newspeak, oldspeak, and doublethink do.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DOUBLE · 6 relatives 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.
DOUBLESPEAK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DOUBLESPEAK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEKLOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DOUBLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found DOUBLESPEAK?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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