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DISCOMFORTING
Definition of DISCOMFORTING
adjective
Causing discomfort.
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Word DNA
DISCOMFORTING inherits its ancestry from its root, DISCOMFORT.
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (103)
branch · 15.4% 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.
DISCOMFORTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISCOMFORTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDFGIIMNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start DISCOMFOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCOMFORTING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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