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DISJUNCTURE
Definition of DISJUNCTURE
noun
A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, dis- + juncture, or, by surface analysis, disjunct + -ure.
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.
DISJUNCTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISJUNCTURE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEIJNRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DISJUNC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISJUNCTURE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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