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FUNGEMIA

8 letters

Definition of FUNGEMIA

noun

Alternative spelling of fungaemia.

FUNGAEMIA

noun

a form of sepsis in which fungi circulate in the blood.

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Word DNA

FUNGEMIA inherits its ancestry from its root, SEPSIS.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,043)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, SEPSIS · 2 relatives in the game

SEPSISFUNGAEMIA

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FUNGEMIA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 161
Its one board, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
156
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

gsk

on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUNGEMIA
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FUNGEMIA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEFGIMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found FUNGEMIA?

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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.

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