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PYRETIC
Definition of PYRETIC
adjective
Caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PYRETIC carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Relating to, producing, or affected by fever.
Characterized by or affected with pyrexia or fever; feverish.
noun
A remedy for fever.
adjective
Of or pertaining to fever; febrile.
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin pyreticus, from Ancient Greek πυρετικός (puretikós, “febrile”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
PYRETIC in a sentence
“It also has digestive, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic and blood purifying properties.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYRETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYRETIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PYRETIC. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PYRETIC?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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