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EXCRETIONS
Definition of EXCRETIONS
noun
plural of excretion
noun
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
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Word DNA
EXCRETIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, EXCRETION.
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 (24,726)
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.
EXCRETIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCRETIONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEINORSTX - 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 EXCRETIONS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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