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DIAGNOSE
Definition of DIAGNOSE
verb
To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from diagnosis. Compare also sclerose (verb).
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.
DIAGNOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIAGNOSE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEGINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DIAGNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found DIAGNOSE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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