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EXACTA
Definition of EXACTA
noun
A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
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Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from Latin exactus (literally “precise, acccurate”).
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.
EXACTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 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
EXACTA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACETX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found EXACTA?
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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