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SCIATICA
Definition of SCIATICA
noun
Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Late Middle English, from Late Latin sciatica, feminine of sciaticus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,577)
branch · 12.6% 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.
SCIATICA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCIATICA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACCIIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, I and A appear more than once.
Words that start SCIATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCIATICA?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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