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EXERTIONAL
Definition of EXERTIONAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to exertion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exertion + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
EXERTIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXERTIONAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEILNORTX - 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.
Could you have found EXERTIONAL?
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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