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PATHETIC
Definition of PATHETIC
adjective
Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
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Where it comes from
From Middle French pathétique, from Latin patheticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”). By surface analysis, path- + -etic.
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.
PATHETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATHETIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start PATHET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATHETIC?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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