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DISJOIN
Definition of DISJOIN
verb
To separate; to disunite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English disjoynen, from Old French desjoindre, from Latin disiungere (“to separate”), from dis-, di- (“apart”) + iungere (“to join”). Equivalent to dis- + join.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
DISJOIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISJOIN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DIIJNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DISJOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found DISJOIN?
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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