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DERMATIC
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).
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 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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