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EXCEPTIOUS
Definition of EXCEPTIOUS
adjective
Apt to take exception, or to object; captious, complaining.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From excepti(on) + -ous, after captious.
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.
EXCEPTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCEPTIOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIOPSTUX - 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.
Could you have found EXCEPTIOUS?
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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