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DISCIPLINARY
Definition of DISCIPLINARY
adjective
Having to do with discipline, or with the imposition of discipline.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin disciplinarius, from Latin disciplina (“instruction, teaching, field of study, habit”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% 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.
DISCIPLINARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCIPLINARY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDIIILNPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISCIPLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCIPLINARY?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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