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PETECHIAL

/pɪˈtiːki.əl/9 letters

Definition of PETECHIAL

adjective

Characterized by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From New Latin petechialis. By surface analysis, petechia + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PETECHIAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 99
Its 8 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
53
First board
97
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 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 53, 12 July 2026.

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Built from these letters

PETECHIAL
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PETECHIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PETECH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PETECHIAPETECHIAE

Could you have found PETECHIAL?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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