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EXERGUAL

8 letters

Definition of EXERGUAL

adjective

Relating to the exergue.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From exergue + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EXERGUAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its 4 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
67
First board
104
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

travelgirl

on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EXERGUAL
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EXERGUAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEGLRUX - 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 EXERGU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EXERGUEEXERGUES

Could you have found EXERGUAL?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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