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PHRENITIS
Definition of PHRENITIS
noun
Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin phrenītis, from Ancient Greek φρενῖτις (phrenîtis), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
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.
PHRENITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHRENITIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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.
Could you have found PHRENITIS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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