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NEURITIS
Definition of NEURITIS
noun
Inflammation of one or more nerves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neur- + -itis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
NEURITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 72, 31 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NEURITIS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIINRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEURIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEURITIS?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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