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DISTURB
Definition of DISTURB
verb
to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH-, *(s)turH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).
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.
DISTURB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 74, 2 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DISTURB starts with D and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BDIRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DISTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DISTURB?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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