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DISCONCERT
Definition of DISCONCERT
verb
To upset the composure of; to startle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French desconcerter, from des- (“dis-”) + concerter (“to bring into agreement, organize”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (289)
branch · 15.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISCONCERT · 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.
DISCONCERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISCONCERT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CCDEINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start DISCON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCONCERT?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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