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PLEURITIS
Definition of PLEURITIS
noun
Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pleur + itis or borrowed from Latin pleuritis.
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.
PLEURITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEURITIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILPRSTU - 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 PLEURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PLEURITIS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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