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DULCET

/ˈdʌl.sɪt/6 letters

Definition of DULCET

adjective

Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English doucet, from Old French doucet, from dulz, dulce (“sweet, pleasant”) + diminutive -et, from Latin dulcis (“sweet, pleasant”). Cognate with Spanish dulce, French doux, Italian dolce, Portuguese doce, and Romanian dulce. Doublet of dolcetto and doucet.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DULCET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 50 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
50
Boards found on
9
First board
102
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

DULCET
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DULCET starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDELTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DULCET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DULCETSDULCETLYDULCETNESS

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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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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