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EXCRETION
Definition of EXCRETION
noun
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French excrétion, or Late Latin excretio, excretionis, from Latin excerno.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCRETION · 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.
EXCRETION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCRETION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINORTX - 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 EXCRETION?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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