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CHIRURGEON
Definition of CHIRURGEON
noun
A doctor or surgeon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English cirurgien, borrowed from Old French cirurgiien, itself borrowed from Vulgar Latin *chīrurgiānus or formed from the root of cirurgie, borrowed from Latin chirurgia, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós). Doublet of surgeon.
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.
CHIRURGEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHIRURGEON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEGHINORRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start CHIRUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHIRURGEON?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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