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EXCULPATION
Definition of EXCULPATION
noun
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EXCULPATION carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The act of exculpating or of exonerating from a charge of fault or crime; vindication.
noun
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
noun
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
noun
a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
“his transparent self-justification was unacceptable”
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin exculpātiō. By surface analysis, exculpate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCULPATION · 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.
EXCULPATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 191 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCULPATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOPTUX - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of EXCULPATION. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start EXCULPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXCULPATION?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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