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HERPETICS
Definition of HERPETICS
Wiktionary has no entry for HERPETICS itself. This is its base word, HERPETIC.
adjective
Of or pertaining to herpes, or to any herpesvirus or herpesvirus-caused disease.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HERPETIC · 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.
HERPETICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HERPETICS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HERPET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HERPETICS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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