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DISCIPLE
Definition of DISCIPLE
noun
A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,307)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCIPLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCIPLE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEIILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISCIP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCIPLE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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