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MIDWIFERY
Definition of MIDWIFERY
noun
The practice and science of being a midwife.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English medewifry; equivalent to midwife + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
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.
MIDWIFERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 407 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MIDWIFERY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DEFIIMRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MIDWIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MIDWIFERY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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