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BYSSINOSES
Definition of BYSSINOSES
noun
plural of byssinosis
BYSSINOSIS
noun
A lung disease, caused by exposure to cotton dust in inadequately ventilated working environments.
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Word DNA
BYSSINOSES inherits its ancestry from its root, BYSSINOSIS.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,371)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BYSSINOSIS · 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.
BYSSINOSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BYSSINOSES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEINOSSSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BYSSINOSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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