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DISHONOUR
Definition of DISHONOUR
noun
Shame or disgrace.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,303)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISHONOUR · 1 relative 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.
DISHONOUR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISHONOUR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DHINOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DISHON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found DISHONOUR?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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