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LITHOTOMY
Definition of LITHOTOMY
noun
A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From litho- + -tomy.
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.
LITHOTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LITHOTOMY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HILMOOTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once.
Words that start LITHOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LITHOTOMY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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