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EXCORIATING
Definition of EXCORIATING
verb
present participle and gerund of excoriate
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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 5 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 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
Could you have found EXCORIATING?
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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