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EXECUTOR
Definition of EXECUTOR
noun
A person who carries out some task.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English executour, from Anglo-Norman executour, from Latin exsecūtor, agent noun of exsequor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXECUTOR · 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.
EXECUTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
EXECUTOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEORTUX - 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 EXECUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXECUTOR?
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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