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CARDITIS

8 letters

Definition of CARDITIS

noun

inflammation of the heart (any or all parts of it).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin cardītis. By surface analysis, cardi- + -itis.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,914)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-itiscardi-

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CARDITIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 20 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
30
First board
155
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

bqwiggles

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CARDITIS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CARDITIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start CARDIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CARDITICCARDITISES

Could you have found CARDITIS?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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