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IDIOPATHY
Definition of IDIOPATHY
noun
A disease or condition arising spontaneously or having no known cause.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin idiopathia, from Ancient Greek ἰδιοπάθεια (idiopátheia). By surface analysis, idio- + -pathy. First appears c. 1634, in the publications of Philiatreus (fl. 1630).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IDIOPATHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IDIOPATHY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADHIIOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IDIOPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found IDIOPATHY?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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