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PYRETIC
Definition of PYRETIC
adjective
Caused by, pertaining to or resulting in fever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
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).
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 27 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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.
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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