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PHTHISIC
Definition of PHTHISIC
noun
A wasting illness of the lungs, such as asthma or tuberculosis; consumption; phthisis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English tisike, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin phthisicus (“suffering from tuberculosis”), from Ancient Greek φθισικός (phthisikós, “consumptive”), from φθίσις (phthísis, “tuberculosis, consumption”).
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.
PHTHISIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHTHISIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CHHIIPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and I appear more than once.
Words that start PHTHIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PHTHISIC?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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