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EXCULPATING
Definition of EXCULPATING
verb
present participle and gerund of exculpate
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Another sense
EXCULPATING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of exculpate.
Word DNA
EXCULPATING inherits its ancestry from its root, EXCULPATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCULPATE · 3 relatives in the game
EXCULPATING in a sentence
“But the play is clearly a coded account of bisexual promiscuity and, without exculpating his hero's reckless selfishness, Williams enters a plea for tolerance and understanding that anticipates later plays of the decade such as Rattigan's Separate Tables.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCULPATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EXCULPATING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILNPTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXCULPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCULPATING?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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