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CALORIFIC
Definition of CALORIFIC
adjective
Relating to calories.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French calorifique or Latin calorificus, from calor + -i- + -ficus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALORIFIC 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 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CALORIFIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCFIILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start CALORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALORIFIC?
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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