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ASCITIC
Definition of ASCITIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from ascites
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ascites + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ASCITES · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASCITIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASCITIC starts with A and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCIIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C 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 ASCITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASCITIC?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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