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EPISIOTOMY
Definition of EPISIOTOMY
noun
A surgical incision through the perineum made to enlarge the vagina and assist childbirth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From episio- + -tomy (“surgical incision”), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσιον (epísion, “pubic region”) + τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
EPISIOTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EPISIOTOMY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EIIMOOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once.
Words that start EPISIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found EPISIOTOMY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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