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URETHRA
Definition of URETHRA
noun
The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra, “the passage for urine”), from οὐρέω (ouréō, “to make water”). Recorded in English since 1634.
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.
URETHRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
URETHRA starts with U and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start URETHR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found URETHRA?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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