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EXCURSE
Definition of EXCURSE
verb
To make a journey, especially an excursion; to travel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably partly from Classical Latin excurs-, past participial stem of excurrō, and partly from the noun.
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.
EXCURSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCURSE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEERSUX - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXCURS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCURSE?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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