The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
DISINCENTIVE
Definition of DISINCENTIVE
noun
That which discourages a particular behaviour; a deterrent.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dis- + incentive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISINCENTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISINCENTIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIIINNSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, N and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DISINCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISINCENTIVE?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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