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RHEUMATOLOGY
Definition of RHEUMATOLOGY
noun
The branch of medicine specializing in arthritis and other ailments of the joints.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (whence also English rheum) + -ology.
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
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RHEUMATOLOGY · 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.
RHEUMATOLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
RHEUMATOLOGY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGHLMOORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start RHEUMATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
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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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