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EXCULPATION
Definition of EXCULPATION
noun
The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Medieval Latin exculpātiō. By surface analysis, exculpate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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 6 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 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 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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