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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NEUROLEPTIC · 1 relative 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.
NEUROLEPTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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