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EXECUTORY
Definition of EXECUTORY
adjective
Of or pertaining to administration or execution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English executory, from Latin execūtōrius. By surface analysis, execute + -ory.
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.
EXECUTORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXECUTORY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEORTUXY - 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.
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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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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