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ISCHEMIC
Definition of ISCHEMIC
adjective
Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.
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Where it comes from
From ischemia + -ic. Compare French ischémique. (Can this etymology be sourced?)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ISCHEMIA · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ISCHEMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ISCHEMIC starts with I and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCEHIIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Could you have found ISCHEMIC?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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