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DISPLACE
Definition of DISPLACE
verb
To put out of place; to disarrange.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (342)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISPLACE · 1 relative 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.
DISPLACE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISPLACE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DISPLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found DISPLACE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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