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EXEMPLARY
Definition of EXEMPLARY
adjective
Deserving honour, respect and admiration.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplāris (“exemplary; a copy, facsimile”), from exemplum (“an example; a sample; a copy or transcript”). By surface analysis, example + -ary. Doublet of exemplar. First use appears before 1450.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXEMPLARY · 2 relatives 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.
EXEMPLARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXEMPLARY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEELMPRXY - 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 EXEMPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXEMPLARY?
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