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DISCUMBER
Definition of DISCUMBER
verb
To disencumber.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dis- + cumber: compare Old French descombrer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISCUMBER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCUMBER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BCDEIMRSU - 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 DISCUM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCUMBER?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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