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PLEUROTOMY
Definition of PLEUROTOMY
noun
the surgical incision of the pleura.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pleuro- + -tomy.
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.
PLEUROTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEUROTOMY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELMOOPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PLEURO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PLEUROTOMY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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