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DISFIGURE
Definition of DISFIGURE
verb
to irreversibly damage the shape or structure of something, negatively affecting its appearance or functionality without completely destroying it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English disfiguren, from Anglo-Norman desfigurer.
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.
DISFIGURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISFIGURE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFGIIRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISFIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DISFIGURE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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