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DIFFERENT
Definition of DIFFERENT
adjective
Not the same; exhibiting a difference.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English different, from Old French different, from Latin differēns, present active participle of differō (“to differ”). See also differ. Mostly supplanted native Old English ungelic in common usage, which lives on as unalike in Modern English.
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.
DIFFERENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
DIFFERENT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEFFINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DIFFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIFFERENT?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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