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DISPARITY
Definition of DISPARITY
noun
The state of being unequal; difference.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French disparité, from Latin disparitātem, accusative of disparitās, from dispār + -tās, from dis- + pār. By surface analysis, dis- + parity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% 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.
DISPARITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISPARITY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADIIPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISPAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found DISPARITY?
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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