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SURGICAL
Definition of SURGICAL
adjective
Of, relating to, used in, or resulting from surgery.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cirurgical, borrowed from Middle French cirurgical, from Medieval Latin cirurgicālis, ultimately from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Replaced Old English Old English læċe (“doctor, physician”). By surface analysis, surgery + -ical.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SURGICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SURGICAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACGILRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SURGIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found SURGICAL?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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