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DISCOVER

/dɪˈskʌvə/8 letters

Definition of DISCOVER

verb

To find or learn something for the first time.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

DISCOVER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 12 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
24
First board
102
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lcr219

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DISCOVER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DISCOVER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CDEIORSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DISCOV

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DISCOVERSDISCOVERTDISCOVERYDISCOVEREDDISCOVERERDISCOVERERSDISCOVERIESDISCOVERINGDISCOVERABLE

Could you have found DISCOVER?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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