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DISTEMPERING
Definition of DISTEMPERING
verb
present participle and gerund of distemper
noun
A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
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Word DNA
DISTEMPERING inherits its ancestry from its root, DISTEMPER.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DISTEMPER · 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.
DISTEMPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTEMPERING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEEGIIMNPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start DISTEMPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DISTEMPERING?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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