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DISCRETE

/dɪˈskɹiːt/8 letters

Definition of DISCRETE

adjective

Separate; distinct; individual; non-continuous.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Old French discret, from Latin discrētus, past participle of discernō (“divide”), from dis- + cernō (“sift”). Doublet of discreet.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

DISCRETE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 7 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
7
First board
91
Latest board
33
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Also on

Built from these letters

DISCRETE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DISCRETE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

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

DESERTICDISCREET

Words that start DISCRE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DISCRETE?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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