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EXCEPTIONABLY
Definition of EXCEPTIONABLY
adverb
In an exceptionable manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exceptionable + -ly.
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.
EXCEPTIONABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 104, 1 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCEPTIONABLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCEEILNOPTXY - 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.
Words that start EXCEPTION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCEPTIONABLY?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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