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DISPLACES
Definition of DISPLACES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of displace
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Word DNA
DISPLACES inherits its ancestry from its root, DISPLACE.
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 (907)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISPLACE · 4 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.
DISPLACES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
DISPLACES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILPSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S 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 DISPLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISPLACES?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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