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THEORETIC
Definition of THEORETIC
adjective
Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
English theory + -etic, from Latin theōrēticus, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós).
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.
THEORETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THEORETIC starts with T and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THEORE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THEORETIC?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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