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EXCRUCIATE
Definition of EXCRUCIATE
verb
To inflict intense pain or mental distress on (someone); to torture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin excruciātus, past participle of excruciō, from ex- + cruciō, from the base of crux (“cross”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,497)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCRUCIATE · 2 relatives 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.
EXCRUCIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
EXCRUCIATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEEIRTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and C appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXCRUC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCRUCIATE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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