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DUET
Definition of DUET
noun
A musical composition in two parts, each performed by a single voice (singer, instrument or univoce ensemble).
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Where it comes from
From Italian duetto (“short musical composition for two voices”), diminutive of due (“two”).
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.
DUET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DUET starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DETU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DUET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found DUET?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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