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PYRITIC
Definition of PYRITIC
adjective
of, relating to, or consisting of pyrite or pyrites
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PYRITIC carries 2 further meanings.
Pertaining to pyrites; consisting of or resembling pyrites.
adjective
Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites.
Where it comes from
From pyrite + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PYRITE · 7 relatives in the game
PYRITIC in a sentence
“Commercial coal cleaning (or beneficiation) facilities, particularly in the United States use physical cleaning techniques to reduce mineral matter and pyritic sulfur content.”
Global anthropogenic emissions of mercury to the atmosphere, 2008
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYRITIC in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 145 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYRITIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIIPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PYRITI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PYRITIC?
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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