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CLINIC
Definition of CLINIC
noun
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French clinique, from Late Latin clīnicus (“a bed-ridden person, one baptized on a sick-bed, a physician”), from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós, “pertaining to a bed”), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “bed”), from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, “to lean, incline”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLINIC · 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.
CLINIC 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 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CLINIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCIILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start CLINIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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