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PERIODIC
Definition of PERIODIC
adjective
Relative to a period or periods.
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Where it comes from
From French périodique, from Medieval Latin periodicus (“cyclical”), from Latin periodus (“complete sentence, period, circuit”), from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “cycle, period of time”). By surface analysis, period + -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.
PERIODIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
PERIODIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PERIOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PERIODIC?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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