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DERMATIC

/də(ɹ)ˈmætɪk/8 letters

Definition of DERMATIC

adjective

Of or relating to the skin.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δερματικός (dermatikós).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,789)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

Every Ancient Greek 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.

DERMATIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 17 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
47
First board
147
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

graddy

on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

DERMATIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start DERMAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DERMATOIDDERMATOMEDERMATITESDERMATITISDERMATOGENDERMATOMALDERMATOMESDERMATOMICDERMATOSESDERMATOSISDERMATOGENSDERMATOLOGY

Could you have found DERMATIC?

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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.

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