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PHARYNGITIC
Definition of PHARYNGITIC
adjective
Of or relating to pharyngitis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pharyngitis + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHARYNGITIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHARYNGITIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIINPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PHARYNG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHARYNGITIC?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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