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EXEQUY
Definition of EXEQUY
noun
Funeral rites.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A back-formation from exequies, from Middle English exequies, from Old French exequies, from Latin exsequiās, accusative of exsequiae (“a funeral, seeing-off procession”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXEQUY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXEQUY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEQUXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X and Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXEQUY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXEQUY?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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