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DISAVOWING
Definition of DISAVOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of disavow
verb
To strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
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Word DNA
DISAVOWING inherits its ancestry from its root, DISAVOW.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,286)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISAVOW · 5 relatives 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.
DISAVOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISAVOWING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIINOSVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISAVO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DISAVOWING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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