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ORTHOPEDICS
Definition of ORTHOPEDICS
noun
The branch of medicine that deals with the prevention or correction of disorders of the bones and associated muscles and joints.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ortho- + Ancient Greek παιδεία (paideía, “upbringing, training”). Originally a branch of medicine correcting deformities in children.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ORTHOPEDIC · 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.
ORTHOPEDICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORTHOPEDICS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ORTHOPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found ORTHOPEDICS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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