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ARTERITIS
Definition of ARTERITIS
noun
The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From artery + -itis.
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.
ARTERITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ARTERITIS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIIRRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, T and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ARTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARTERITIS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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