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PYELONEPHRITIS
Definition of PYELONEPHRITIS
noun
An ascending urinary tract infection of the renal pelvis
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pyelo- (“relating to the renal pelvis”) + nephritis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYELONEPHRITIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 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
PYELONEPHRITIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHIILNOPPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, E and I appear more than once.
Could you have found PYELONEPHRITIS?
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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