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ERISTIC
Definition of ERISTIC
adjective
Provoking strife, controversy or discord.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐριστικός (eristikós, “eager for strife”). See also Eris.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.5%
of traced words share this origin (3,443)
branch · 12.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ERISTIC · 1 relative 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.
ERISTIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ERISTIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 ERISTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ERISTIC?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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