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RHEUMATICS
Definition of RHEUMATICS
noun
plural of rheumatic
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Other senses
RHEUMATICS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Rheumatism
noun
Plural form of rheumatic.
Word DNA
RHEUMATICS inherits its ancestry from its root, RHEUMATIC.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHEUMATIC · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RHEUMATICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHEUMATICS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start RHEUMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found RHEUMATICS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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