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RHIZOTOMIES
Definition of RHIZOTOMIES
noun
plural of rhizotomy
noun
The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms.
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Word DNA
RHIZOTOMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, RHIZOTOMY.
How it is built
Same root, RHIZOTOMY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RHIZOTOMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RHIZOTOMIES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHIIMOORSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found RHIZOTOMIES?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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