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EXCRETING
Definition of EXCRETING
verb
present participle and gerund of excrete
EXCRETE
verb
To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCRETING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCRETING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINRTX - 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 EXCRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCRETING?
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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