The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FRENECTOMY
Definition of FRENECTOMY
noun
The surgical procedure to remove a frenum or frenulum.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From frenum + -ectomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FRENUM · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FRENECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
FRENECTOMY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEFMNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found FRENECTOMY?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER