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DISLOCATION
Definition of DISLOCATION
noun
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English, from Old French, a borrowing from Medieval Latin dislocātiō, delocatio.
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 (26,450)
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.
DISLOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISLOCATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDIILNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start DISLOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found DISLOCATION?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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