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DISCONCERTED

/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtəd/12 letters

Definition of DISCONCERTED

verb

past participle of disconcert

DISCONCERT

verb

To upset the composure of; to startle.

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Word DNA

DISCONCERTED inherits its ancestry from its root, DISCONCERT.

Line of descent

  1. Middle French
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle French

Deepest traced root

13th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.1%

of traced words share this origin (289)

Romance

branch · 15.2% of traced words

How it is built

verb4 syllablescompounddes-

Same root, DISCONCERT · 1 relative in the game

Every Middle French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DISCONCERTED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 132
Its one board, across 132 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

alfredbulbasaur

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DISCONCERTED
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DISCONCERTED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CCDDEEINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D, C and E appear more than once.

Words that start DISCONCE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DISCONCERTDISCONCERTSDISCONCERTINGDISCONCERTMENTDISCONCERTINGLYDISCONCERTMENTS

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