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DISCARDING

10 letters

Definition of DISCARDING

noun

The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.

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Word DNA

DISCARDING inherits its ancestry from its root, DISCARD.

How it is built

nouncompounddis-

Same root, DISCARD · 2 relatives in the game

DISCARDDISCARDER

Its etymology also names Spanish.

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DISCARDING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

eirrw

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DISCARDING
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DISCARDING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDDGIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and I appear more than once.

Words that start DISCAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DISCARDDISCARDSDISCARDEDDISCARDERDISCARDERSDISCARNATEDISCARDABLEDISCARDMENT

Could you have found DISCARDING?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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