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DISTURBING
Definition of DISTURBING
adjective
Causing distress or worry; upsetting or unsettling.
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Word DNA
DISTURBING inherits its ancestry from its root, DISTURB.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
How it is built
Same root, DISTURB · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DISTURBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DISTURBING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BDGIINRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DISTUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found DISTURBING?
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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