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HYDROPIC
Definition of HYDROPIC
adjective
Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYDROPIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 97 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYDROPIC starts with H and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDHIOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYDROP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HYDROPIC?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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