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PINEALECTOMY
Definition of PINEALECTOMY
noun
Surgical removal of the pineal gland.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pineal + -ectomy.
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.
PINEALECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PINEALECTOMY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEEILMNOPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PINEALEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PINEALECTOMY?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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