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TETANICS
Definition of TETANICS
noun
A class of diseases of the nerves that affect the spinal cord.
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Word DNA
TETANICS inherits its ancestry from its root, TETANIC.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,177)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TETANIC · 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.
TETANICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
Built from these letters
TETANICS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEINSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TETANI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TETANICS?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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