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GLOSSECTOMY
Definition of GLOSSECTOMY
noun
The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gloss- + -ectomy.
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.
GLOSSECTOMY 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
GLOSSECTOMY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGLMOOSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GLOSSECTOMY?
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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