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HEPATIC
Definition of HEPATIC
adjective
Of or relating to the liver.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English epatik, from Late Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “of the liver”), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HEPATIC · 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.
HEPATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 180 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HEPATIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 HEPATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HEPATIC?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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