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DIURETIC
Definition of DIURETIC
adjective
Increasing the amount or frequency of urination.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English diuretyk, from Old French diuretique; ultimately from Ancient Greek διουρητικός (diourētikós). By surface analysis, diuresis + -etic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIURETIC · 2 relatives 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.
DIURETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 127 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DIURETIC starts with D and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DIURET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found DIURETIC?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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