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PYROSIS
Definition of PYROSIS
noun
A burning sensation in the chest due to reflux of stomach contents in the esophagus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πύρωσις (púrōsis, “burning”), from πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + -σις (-sis, verbal noun suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,825)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PYROSIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PYROSIS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IOPRSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start PYROSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PYROSIS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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