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DISK
Definition of DISK
noun
A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “a circular plate suited for hurling”), from δικέω (dikéō, “to hurl, to launch”). Doublet of dais, desk, disc, discus, dish, and diskos.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISK starts with D and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read DIKS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DISK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found DISK?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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