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CHLOROSIS
Definition of CHLOROSIS
noun
An anaemia, due to deficiency of iron, characterized by a yellow-green coloration of the skin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin; by surface analysis, chlor- + -osis, where chlor- in this instance refers to pale yellow-green colorations and not to chlorine.
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.
CHLOROSIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHLOROSIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHILOORSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once.
Words that start CHLORO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHLOROSIS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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