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UVULECTOMY
Definition of UVULECTOMY
noun
The removal of the uvula.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From uvula + -ectomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, UVULA · 3 relatives 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.
UVULECTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 174, 10 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 174, 10 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UVULECTOMY starts with U and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CELMOTUUVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found UVULECTOMY?
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 174 - and most players walked straight past it.
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