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DISPARATE

/ˈdɪsp(ə)ɹət/9 letters

Definition of DISPARATE

adjective

Composed of inherently different or distinct elements; incongruous.

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Where it comes from

First attested in 1586; either borrowed from Middle French desparat or directly from Latin disparātus, perfect passive participle of disparō (“to divide”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from dis- (“apart”) + parō (“to arrange”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”) and the root *per- (“carry forth”).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DISPARATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 23 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
24
First board
94
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DISPARATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DISPARATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears 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 DISPAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DISPARKDISPARTDISPARKSDISPARTSDISPARAGEDISPARITYDISPARKEDDISPARTEDDISPARAGEDDISPARAGERDISPARAGESDISPARATES

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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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