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NEUROLEPTIC
Definition of NEUROLEPTIC
noun
An antipsychotic drug.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French neuroleptique, coined by Jean Delay and Pierre Deniker in 1955. Constructed from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “neuron”) and λῆψις (lêpsis), noun form of λαμβάνω (lambánō, “take hold of”).
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.
NEUROLEPTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 77, 5 August 2026.
Built from these letters
NEUROLEPTIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEILNOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 NEUROLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEUROLEPTIC?
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