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EXCORIATING
Definition of EXCORIATING
verb
present participle and gerund of excoriate
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Another sense
EXCORIATING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of excoriate.
Word DNA
EXCORIATING inherits its ancestry from its root, EXCORIATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCORIATE · 5 relatives in the game
EXCORIATING in a sentence
“Many radical liberals were just as bad in excoriating Bush for things he didn't deserve (though he deserved quite a bit, IMO).”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCORIATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 167 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXCORIATING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIINORTX - 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.
Words that start EXCORIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
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