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DULCETS
Definition of DULCETS
Wiktionary has no entry for DULCETS itself. This is its base word, DULCET.
adjective
Sweet, especially when describing voice or tones; melodious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DULCET.
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DULCET · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DULCETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DULCETS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDELSTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DULCETS?
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