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DISCOMFORT
Definition of DISCOMFORT
noun
Mental or bodily distress.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English discomforten, from Anglo-Norman descomforter, equivalent to dis- + comfort.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (259)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISCOMFORT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCOMFORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCOMFORT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CDFIMOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DISCOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DISCOMFORT?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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