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DISTANT
Definition of DISTANT
adjective
Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.
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.
DISTANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTANT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADINSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start DISTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTANT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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