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HEMATOCRIT
Definition of HEMATOCRIT
noun
The percentage (by volume) of packed red blood cells in a centrifuged sample of blood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hemato- (“blood”) + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”), literally “to separate blood”, coined by Swedish physiologist Magnus Blix in 1891.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Swedish
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (273)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HEMATOCRIT · 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.
HEMATOCRIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
HEMATOCRIT starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start HEMATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEMATOCRIT?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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