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PORPHYRIA
Definition of PORPHYRIA
noun
Any of several usually hereditary abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism characterized by excretion of excess porphyrins in the urine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From porphyrin, from German Porphyrin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,876)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PORPHYRIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PORPHYRIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PORPHYRIA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AHIOPPRRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and R appear more than once.
Words that start PORPHY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PORPHYRIA?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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