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DISQUALIFY
Definition of DISQUALIFY
verb
To make ineligible for something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dis- + qualify.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DISQUALIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISQUALIFY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADFIILQSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DISQUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DISQUALIFY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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