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DISCREPANT
Definition of DISCREPANT
adjective
Showing difference; inconsistent, dissimilar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin discrepāns, present participle of discrepō (“to differ in sound, differ, disagree”), from dis- (“apart”) + crepō (“to make a noise, crackle”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCREPANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISCREPANT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DISCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DISCREPANT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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