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Words Starting with "Dis"

Based on a definition, can you guess these words that start with the prefix "dis"?
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Last updated: April 15, 2026
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First submittedJanuary 25, 2012
Times taken35,768
Average score55.0%
Rating3.98
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Definition
Word
To expel from the legal profession
Disbar
To exit a train, ship, or airplane
Disembark
To exhume
Disinter
To undress
Disrobe
Illness
Disease
To make liquor
Distill
To exclude from one's will
Disinherit
To take away one's weapons
Disarm
To release from a hospital
Discharge
Pharmacy
Dispensary
Definition
Word
To eviscerate
Disembowel
Beg to differ
Disagree
Like a soul with no corporeal presence
Disembodied
Like an out-of-place shoulder joint
Dislocated
To twist the meaning of
Distort
To deprive a person of the right to vote
Disenfranchise
To show to be false
Disprove
To remove the limbs of
Dismember
To release students from class
Dismiss
Measure of engine volume
Displacement
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37 Comments
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Level 27
Jan 28, 2012
100% with only :05 remaning. Got caught up on a couple, ugh
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Level 30
Mar 23, 2012
you should accept dislocation or dislocation for the shoulder joint one
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Level 30
Mar 23, 2012
*i meant dislocate or dislocation
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Level 70
Apr 25, 2018
You know you can delete your comment, then rewrite it, right?
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Level 90
Jun 5, 2018
I don't think you could in 2012.
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Level 78
Aug 8, 2013
Disinter, disembowel, disfigure, dismember? Sounds like quizmaster is a bit disturbed and slightly disgusting.
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Level 66
Jan 13, 2019
I would keep my distance
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Level 67
May 3, 2014
Can you allow dislocate or dislocation plz thx
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Level 49
May 12, 2014
Wrong parts of speech. "Like an out-of-place shoulder joint" pretty much requires "dislocated".
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Level 76
Aug 21, 2014
Please also accept distil (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/distil)
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Level 87
Apr 15, 2026
Yes, I typed it a couple of times, wondered what the alternative might be, then realized it was just a US spelling
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Level 82
May 24, 2026
Yep, please accept 'distil' as that's how it's spelt outside of the US (in the UK and Commonwealth anyway).
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Level 75
Oct 13, 2014
Damn. I didn't even think that I wasn't spelling "dispensery" right.
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Level 85
Oct 13, 2014
What about "Dissent" for beg to differ?
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Level 53
Oct 20, 2014
I love dis quiz.
+4
Level 73
Jan 31, 2015
What, no discombobulate?
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Level 90
Jun 5, 2018
Ooh, good one.
+1
Level 91
Apr 15, 2026
Without discombobulation, there would no need for the Recombobulation Area. (Shout out to the fine folks at MKE airport.)
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Level 78
Sep 19, 2017
You forgot "new phone, who dis"
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Level 80
Mar 10, 2018
Couldn't "to remove the limbs of" also be "disarm"? :-D
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Level 76
Sep 28, 2019
nah that would be disleg
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Level 80
Apr 15, 2026
It's fun to think of a joke while taking a quiz, only to find that you were beaten to the punch by yourself more than eight years ago. Well, I guess I'm nothing if not consistent.
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Level 54
May 22, 2026
ha, i had the same thought during the quiz, more seriously i wonder if 'dissect' is enough in the ballpark that it should count
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Level 56
Jul 26, 2018
Couldn't think of anything other than dispel for "To show to be false"
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Level 76
Sep 28, 2019
You should add dislectic hahha
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Level 76
Sep 28, 2019
I thought of dispillery for pharmacy, I liked that one :D but yea, didnt try it, but I think they should introduce that word!
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Level 77
Jul 29, 2021
Was thinking the wrong type of volume for engine volume argh!
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Level 87
Jul 26, 2024
Would you be willing to accept disentomb for "to exhume?"
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Level 87
Apr 15, 2026
easy but strangely satisfying
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Level 88
Apr 15, 2026
I was hoping to see discotheque.
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Level 92
Apr 15, 2026
I was really expecting Dis-Turb or Dis-Turbed
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Level 92
Apr 17, 2026
Maybe accept disarticulate for removal of limbs?
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Level 85
Apr 19, 2026
Distemper for illness?
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Level 57
May 22, 2026
disfranchise, debark

disenfranchise is illiterate, as may be disembark

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Level 70
May 22, 2026
First thing I thought about was “No disassemble Number Five!” But there was no disassemble and I was disappointed.
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Level 70
May 22, 2026
First thing I thought about was “No disassemble Number Five!” But there was no disassemble and I was disappointed.
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Level 28
May 26, 2026
Your missing distinct