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DISCOURAGER
Definition of DISCOURAGER
noun
One who discourages.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From discourage + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCOURAGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCOURAGER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGIORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start DISCOUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCOURAGER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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