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EXCARNATED
Definition of EXCARNATED
verb
simple past and past participle of excarnate
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXCARNATE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCARNATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCARNATED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEENRTX - 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 EXCARNATED?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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