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DYSTONIA

/dɪˈstəʊnɪə/8 letters

Definition of DYSTONIA

noun

A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from New Latin dystonia, from German Dystonie. By surface analysis, dys- + -tonia.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DYSTONIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 27 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
27
Boards found on
35
First board
110
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.

Built from these letters

DYSTONIA
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DYSTONIA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADINOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start DYSTON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DYSTONICDYSTONIAS

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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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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