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NEPHROLOGY
Definition of NEPHROLOGY
noun
The branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nephro- + -logy.
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.
NEPHROLOGY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NEPHROLOGY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EGHLNOOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears 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.
Words that start NEPHRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found NEPHROLOGY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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