The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EXERTION
Definition of EXERTION
noun
An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
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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.
EXERTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
EXERTION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEINORTX - 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 EXERTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXERTION?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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