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CRANIECTOMY
Definition of CRANIECTOMY
noun
The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From crani- + -ectomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRANIECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRANIECTOMY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACCEIMNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CRANIECTOMY?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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