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SURGEONCY
Definition of SURGEONCY
noun
The office or employment of a surgeon, either in the naval or military service, or in a hospital as a resident or house officer.
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Where it comes from
From surgeon + -cy.
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.
SURGEONCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SURGEONCY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGNORSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SURGEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURGEONCY?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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