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DERMATITISES

12 letters

Definition of DERMATITISES

noun

plural of dermatitis

DERMATITIS

noun

Inflammation of the skin.

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Word DNA

DERMATITISES inherits its ancestry from its root, DERMATITIS.

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 (9,912)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-itis

Same root, DERMATITIS · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin 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.

DERMATITISES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 152
Its one board, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
62
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.

First ever to find it

marigoldContributor

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

Built from these letters

DERMATITISES
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start DERMATIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DERMATITISES?

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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