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EXACERBATING
Definition of EXACERBATING
verb
present participle and gerund of exacerbate
EXACERBATE
verb
To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXACERBATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXACERBATING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AABCEEGINRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXACERBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXACERBATING?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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