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DISOWN
Definition of DISOWN
verb
To refuse to own, or to refuse to acknowledge one’s own.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dis- + own.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DISOWN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DISOWN starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DINOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 DISOWN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found DISOWN?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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