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DOUCE
Definition of DOUCE
adjective
Sweet; nice; pleasant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English douce, from Old French dolz, dous, Middle French doux, douce, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Doublet of dolce, doux, and dulce.
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.
DOUCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOUCE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DOUCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DOUCE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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