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EXEC
Definition of EXEC
noun
An executive; a person employed at the executive level.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of executive or execute.
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.
EXEC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXEC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEX - 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 EXEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXEC?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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