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PODIATRIC
Definition of PODIATRIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From podiatry + -ic or pod- + -iatric.
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.
PODIATRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PODIATRIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDIIOPRT - 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 PODIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PODIATRIC?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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