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EXCULPATED
Definition of EXCULPATED
verb
simple past and past participle of exculpate
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Other senses
EXCULPATED carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
freed from any question of guilt; having suspicion of guilt eliminated.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of exculpate.
adjective
freed from any question of guilt
“his official honor is vindicated”
Word DNA
EXCULPATED inherits its ancestry from its root, EXCULPATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCULPATE · 3 relatives in the game
EXCULPATED in a sentence
“And why haven't banks, happily exculpated by the narrative, reminded us that they warned at the time that they were being forced to make foolish loans that would endanger their solvency?”
Rep. Brad Miller: Republican Amnesia on the Financial Crisis, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCULPATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 187 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 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
EXCULPATED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEELPTUX - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EXCULPATED. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EXCULP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCULPATED?
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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