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EXCLUDE
Definition of EXCLUDE
verb
To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).
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.
EXCLUDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXCLUDE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEELUX - 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 EXCLUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCLUDE?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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