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EXCORIATION
Definition of EXCORIATION
noun
The act of excoriating or flaying.
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Other senses
EXCORIATION carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The act of flaying; the operation of stripping off the skin.
noun
Hence The act or process of abrading or galling; especially, a breaking or removal of the outer layers of the skin.
noun
An abraded, galled, or broken surface of the skin.
noun
. The act of stripping of possessions; spoliation; robbery.
Where it comes from
From excoriate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXCORIATION · 1 relative in the game
EXCORIATION in a sentence
“They will also suffer excoriation from the Repugs, who will say, "See, we knew your bill wouldn't make anything better," when in actuality, it will be the bill the Repugs wanted, i.e., the one without a public option.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCORIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCORIATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIINOORTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EXCORIATION. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EXCORIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXCORIATION?
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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