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PRURIGO
Definition of PRURIGO
noun
A skin condition, characterized by itching of papules as the main symptom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin prūrīgō (“an itching, the itch”), from prūriō (“to itch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRURIGO · 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.
PRURIGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRURIGO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read GIOPRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PRURIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRURIGO?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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