The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NECROTOMIES
Definition of NECROTOMIES
noun
plural of necrotomy
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Word DNA
NECROTOMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, NECROTOMY.
How it is built
Same root, NECROTOMY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NECROTOMIES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 136 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NECROTOMIES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear 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 4
Could you have found NECROTOMIES?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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