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RESECTION
Definition of RESECTION
noun
The surgical removal of part or all of a tissue, organ, tumor, or body part.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin resectiō.
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.
RESECTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RESECTION starts with R and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RESECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found RESECTION?
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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