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DISORDER
Definition of DISORDER
noun
Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,514)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISORDER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISORDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DISORDER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDEIORRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and R 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 DISORD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISORDER?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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