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EXACT

/ɪɡˈzækt/5 letters

Definition of EXACT

adjective

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.

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Where it comes from

From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

EXACT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 9 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
32
First board
105
Latest board
41
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

EXACT
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EXACT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACETX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start EXACT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EXACT?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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