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PROCTITIS
Definition of PROCTITIS
noun
An inflammation of the anus and the lining of the rectum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From proct- + -itis.
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.
PROCTITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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
PROCTITIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIIOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROCTITIS?
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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