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RACHIOTOMY
Definition of RACHIOTOMY
noun
The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”) + -otomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,358)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
RACHIOTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 130, 27 September 2026.
Built from these letters
RACHIOTOMY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMOORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found RACHIOTOMY?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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