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DISCOMFITURE
Definition of DISCOMFITURE
noun
Defeat in battle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French desconfiture (“rout, defeat”); compare French déconfiture.
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.
DISCOMFITURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCOMFITURE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEFIIMORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISCOMFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found DISCOMFITURE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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