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CLINICS
Definition of CLINICS
noun
plural of clinic
noun
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
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Word DNA
CLINICS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLINIC.
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 (3,605)
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.
CLINICS 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 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLINICS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCIILNS - 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.
Could you have found CLINICS?
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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