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DIARRHEA
Definition of DIARRHEA
noun
A gastrointestinal disorder characterized by frequent and very soft or watery bowel movements.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English diaria, from Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). By surface analysis, dia- + -rrhea. Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots. Displaced native Old English ūtsiht (literally “straining out”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIARRHEA · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIARRHEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DIARRHEA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEHIRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DIARRH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIARRHEA?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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