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EXCUSABLY
Definition of EXCUSABLY
adverb
In an excusable manner or to an excusable degree
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From excusable + -ly.
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.
EXCUSABLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 104, 1 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 104, 1 September 2026.
Built from these letters
EXCUSABLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABCELSUXY - 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 EXCUSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXCUSABLY?
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 104 - and most players walked straight past it.
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