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DIFFERENT

/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt/9 letters

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).

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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.

DIFFERENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
2
Days since seen

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
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

DIFFERDIFFERSDIFFEREDDIFFERINGDIFFERENCEDIFFERENCYDIFFERENCEDDIFFERENCESDIFFERENTIADIFFERENTLYDIFFERENCINGDIFFERENTIAE

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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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