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NEPHROTOMY
Definition of NEPHROTOMY
noun
The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in, a kidney.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nephro- + -tomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEPHROTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEPHROTOMY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHMNOOPRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start NEPHRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found NEPHROTOMY?
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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