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DERMATITIS
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).
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 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found DERMATITIS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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