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EXCUSIVE
Definition of EXCUSIVE
adjective
Serving as an excuse; exculpatory.
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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.
EXCUSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXCUSIVE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEISUVX - 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.
Could you have found EXCUSIVE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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