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DISGUISE

/dɪsˈɡaɪz/8 letters

Definition of DISGUISE

noun

Material (such as clothing, makeup, a wig) used to alter one’s visual appearance in order to hide one's identity or assume another.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English disgisen, disguisen, borrowed from Old French desguiser (modern French déguiser), itself derived from des- (“dis-”) (from Latin dis-) + guise (“guise”) (from a Germanic source).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DISGUISE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
46
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.

First ever to find it

superkiki

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DISGUISE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DISGUISE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEGIISSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once.

Words that start DISGUI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DISGUISEDDISGUISERDISGUISESDISGUISERSDISGUISINGDISGUISABLEDISGUISEDLYDISGUISINGSDISGUISEMENTDISGUISEMENTS

Could you have found DISGUISE?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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