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NEPHRECTOMY
Definition of NEPHRECTOMY
noun
The surgical removal of a kidney.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nephr- + -ectomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NEPHRECTOMY · 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.
NEPHRECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEPHRECTOMY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEHMNOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start NEPHREC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found NEPHRECTOMY?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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