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DISFAVOUR
Definition of DISFAVOUR
noun
Lack of favour; displeasure.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From English dis- + favour, from Middle French desfaveur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISFAVOUR · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISFAVOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISFAVOUR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADFIORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DISFAV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DISFAVOUR?
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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