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DISRUPTIVE
Definition of DISRUPTIVE
adjective
Causing disruption or unrest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From disrupt + -ive. In the business sense popularized by Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower, see 1995 citation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISRUPTIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISRUPTIVE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEIIPRSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISRUP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found DISRUPTIVE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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