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EXFOLIATE
Definition of EXFOLIATE
verb
To remove the leaves from a plant.
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Where it comes from
From Late Latin exfoliō (“to strip of leaves”), from ex- (“out of”) + folium (“leaf”); compare effoliate and French exfolier.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXFOLIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 85, 13 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXFOLIATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFILOTX - 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 EXFOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXFOLIATE?
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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