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DERMATOLOGY
Definition of DERMATOLOGY
noun
The study of the skin and its diseases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin, hide”) + -logy. Analysable as dermato- + -logy.
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.
DERMATOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
DERMATOLOGY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLMOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DERMATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DERMATOLOGY?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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