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ESOPHAGECTOMY
Definition of ESOPHAGECTOMY
noun
The surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the esophagus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From esophag- + -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.
ESOPHAGECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESOPHAGECTOMY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHMOOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Could you have found ESOPHAGECTOMY?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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