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EXCARNATE

/ɛksˈkɑɹnɪt/9 letters

Definition of EXCARNATE

adjective

Deprived or stripped of flesh.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

Same root, EXCARNATE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EXCARNATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 8 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
75
First board
145
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

impatiens

on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

EXCARNATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EXCARNATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEENRTX - 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 EXCARN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EXCARNATE?

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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.

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