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SALPINGECTOMY
Definition of SALPINGECTOMY
noun
The surgical removal of one or both fallopian tubes, usually performed to treat conditions such as ectopic pregnancy, infection, cancer, or to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From salping- (“of or relating to the salpinx”) + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
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.
SALPINGECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SALPINGECTOMY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILMNOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SALPINGEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SALPINGECTOMY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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