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DERMATITIS

/ˌdɜː(ɹ)m.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/10 letters

Definition of DERMATITIS

noun

Inflammation of the skin.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From New Latin dermatītis, from δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”), from δέρω (dérō, “to skin, flay”). By surface analysis, dermato- + -itis.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,723)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun4 syllablescompound-itis

Same root, DERMATITIS · 1 relative in the game

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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.

DERMATITIS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 2 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
90
First board
106
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.

First ever to find it

magniloquancer

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DERMATITIS
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DERMATITIS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEIIMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.

Words that start DERMAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DERMATICDERMATOIDDERMATOMEDERMATITESDERMATOGENDERMATOMALDERMATOMESDERMATOMICDERMATOSESDERMATOSISDERMATOGENSDERMATOLOGY

Could you have found DERMATITIS?

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