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EXFOLIATING
Definition of EXFOLIATING
verb
present participle and gerund of exfoliate
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Word DNA
EXFOLIATING inherits its ancestry from its root, EXFOLIATE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,141)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXFOLIATE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXFOLIATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 99 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXFOLIATING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEFGIILNOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXFOLIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found EXFOLIATING?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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