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DISCALCED

/dɪsˈkælst/9 letters

Definition of DISCALCED

adjective

Pertaining to a religious order that historically forswore the wearing of shoes.

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Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin discalceātus (“barefoot”) + -ed, rendering French déchaussé. By surface analysis, dis- + calced.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. French
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

French

Deepest traced root

5th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

7%

of traced words share this origin (1,841)

Romance

branch · 15.2% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-eddis-

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Rarity score
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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.

DISCALCED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

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on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

DISCALCED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACCDDEILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and C appear more than once.

Words that start DISCAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DISCALDISCALCEATE

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