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DISABLE
Definition of DISABLE
verb
To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dis- + able.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DISABLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
DISABLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DISABL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found DISABLE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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