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STRABISMUS
Definition of STRABISMUS
noun
A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STRABISMUS · 2 relatives 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.
STRABISMUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRABISMUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABIMRSSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start STRABI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRABISMUS?
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