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DOYEN
Definition of DOYEN
noun
A commander in charge of ten men.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French doyen, from Late Latin decānus, from Latin decem. Compare the doublet dean.
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.
DOYEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOYEN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DENOY - 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 DOYEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found DOYEN?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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