The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EXCUSINGLY
Definition of EXCUSINGLY
adverb
So as to excuse; by way of an excuse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From excusing + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXCUSINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCUSINGLY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEGILNSUXY - 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.
Could you have found EXCUSINGLY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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