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EXCARNATION
Definition of EXCARNATION
noun
The act of removing flesh.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCARNATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCARNATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEINNORTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXCARNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCARNATION?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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