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DISCOMBOBULATE
Definition of DISCOMBOBULATE
verb
To throw into a state of confusion; to befuddle or perplex.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Fanciful variant of discompose, discomfit, etc., originally discombobricate. The -bob- interfix may come from bobbery, meaning “commotion, noise”. First attested in 1834 in the United States.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCOMBOBULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISCOMBOBULATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABBCDEILMOOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and B appear more than once.
Words that start DISCOMBOBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCOMBOBULATE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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