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EXCITING
Definition of EXCITING
verb
present participle and gerund of excite
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Word DNA
EXCITING inherits its ancestry from its root, EXCITE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCITE · 12 relatives 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.
EXCITING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCITING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIINTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXCITING?
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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