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EXCLUSION
Definition of EXCLUSION
noun
The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCLUSION · 1 relative 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.
EXCLUSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCLUSION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEILNOSUX - 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.
Words that start EXCLUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCLUSION?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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