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PATHOLOGIC
Definition of PATHOLOGIC
adjective
Caused by or related to disease, pathology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek παθολογικός (pathologikós), corresponding to pathology + -ic.
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.
PATHOLOGIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PATHOLOGIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACGHILOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PATHOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found PATHOLOGIC?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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