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PHRENIC
Definition of PHRENIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to the diaphragm
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PHRENIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Of or relating to the mind.
adjective
Of or relating to the diaphragm.
“the phrenic nerve.”
In anatomy, of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic: as, a phrenic artery, vein, or nerve.
Inferior, two small branches of the abdominal aorta.
Where it comes from
From New Latin phrenicus, from Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “diaphragm”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PHRENIC · 1 relative in the game
PHRENIC in a sentence
“In clinical research on the product, which has yet to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, 13% of 228 U.S. and Canadian patients experienced a complication called phrenic nerve palsy.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PHRENIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 155 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PHRENIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PHRENI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PHRENIC?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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