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EXCULPATORY
Definition of EXCULPATORY
adjective
Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
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Where it comes from
From exculpate + -ory (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to, serving for’). Exculpate is derived from Medieval Latin exculpātus, perfect passive participle of exculpō (“to free from blame, exculpate”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + culpa (“defect, fault; crime”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp-). Cognate with Spanish exculpatorio.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCULPATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 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 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCULPATORY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACELOPRTUXY - 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 EXCULPATORY?
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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