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EXHALATION
Definition of EXHALATION
noun
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXHALATION · 1 relative 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.
EXHALATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 172 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXHALATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEHILNOTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXHALA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXHALATION?
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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