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EXCITOR
Definition of EXCITOR
noun
Alternative form of exciter.
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Word DNA
EXCITOR 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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% 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.
EXCITOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
EXCITOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIORTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXCITO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCITOR?
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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