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INFARCT
Definition of INFARCT
noun
An area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin īnfarctus, tu-stem derivation of īnfarciō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INFARCT · 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.
INFARCT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFARCT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACFINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start INFARC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found INFARCT?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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