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RHEUMATISM
Definition of RHEUMATISM
noun
Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.
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Where it comes from
First attested 1601, from Latin rheumatismus (“rheum”), from Ancient Greek ῥευματισμός (rheumatismós, “humour, discharge, rheum”) from ῥευματίζομαι (rheumatízomai, “to suffer from a rheum”) from ῥεῦμα (rheûma, “stream, flow”) from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”)
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,789)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHEUMATISM · 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.
RHEUMATISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
RHEUMATISM starts with R and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start RHEUMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RHEUMATISM?
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