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NEPHROLOGIES
Definition of NEPHROLOGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for NEPHROLOGIES itself. This is its base word, NEPHROLOGY.
noun
The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NEPHROLOGY.
From nephro- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NEPHROLOGY · 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.
NEPHROLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEPHROLOGIES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEPHROLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEPHROLOGIES?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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