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EXCEPTIONS
Definition of EXCEPTIONS
noun
plural of exception
noun
The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule.
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Word DNA
EXCEPTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, EXCEPTION.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCEPTION · 1 relative 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.
EXCEPTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 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 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXCEPTIONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEINOPSTX - 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 EXCEPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXCEPTIONS?
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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