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DYSFUNCTIONAL
Definition of DYSFUNCTIONAL
adjective
Not performing its proper or intended function.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dysfunction + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DYSFUNCTIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DYSFUNCTIONAL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDFILNNOSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start DYSFUNCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DYSFUNCTIONAL?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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