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GONADECTOMY
Definition of GONADECTOMY
noun
A procedure to remove one or more ovaries or testes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gonad + -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.
GONADECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 74, 2 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GONADECTOMY starts with G and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGMNOOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start GONADEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found GONADECTOMY?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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