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DERMATOGLYPHICS
Definition of DERMATOGLYPHICS
noun
The patterns of loops, arches and whorls on the skin of the fingers and feet.
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Where it comes from
From dermato- + glyphics.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DERMATOGLYPHIC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DERMATOGLYPHICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DERMATOGLYPHICS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGHILMOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DERMATOGLYP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERMATOGLYPHICS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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