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EXAMPLE
Definition of EXAMPLE
noun
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXAMPLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXAMPLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXAMPLE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELMPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXAMPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXAMPLE?
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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