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DIATHERMANOUS
Definition of DIATHERMANOUS
adjective
Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ancient Greek to warm through.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIATHERMANOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DIATHERMANOUS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEHIMNORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DIATHERMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DIATHERMANOUS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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