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IRIDECTOMY
Definition of IRIDECTOMY
noun
Removal of part or all of the iris of the eye.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From irid- + -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.
IRIDECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IRIDECTOMY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEIIMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found IRIDECTOMY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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