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NEUROTIC
Definition of NEUROTIC
adjective
Affected with a neurosis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Formed of neuro- (“of nerves or the nervous system”) + -otic (“having abnormal condition”). The initial element, in turn, is from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”). Attested from the 17th century. Compare French névrotique.
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.
NEUROTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEUROTIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEINORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 NEUROT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found NEUROTIC?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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