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EXCISEMAN
Definition of EXCISEMAN
noun
An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From excise + -man.
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.
EXCISEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCISEMAN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIMNSX - 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 EXCISE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCISEMAN?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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