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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).
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 19 boards so far. 329 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 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.
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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