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EXCUSABLE
Definition of EXCUSABLE
adjective
Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French escusable, from Latin excusabilis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXCUSABLE · 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.
EXCUSABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCUSABLE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABCEELSUX - 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.
Words that start EXCUSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCUSABLE?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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