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DISCUS
Definition of DISCUS
noun
A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
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Where it comes from
1656. From Latin discus, from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, dish, disk, and diskos.
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.
DISCUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
DISCUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDISSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start DISCUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISCUS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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