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SUBACUTE
Definition of SUBACUTE
adjective
Less than acute. Longer in duration than acute but shorter in duration than chronic. Lesser in severity than acute.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + acute.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBACUTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBACUTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCESTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found SUBACUTE?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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