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EXHILARATES
Definition of EXHILARATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of exhilarate
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Word DNA
EXHILARATES inherits its ancestry from its root, EXHILARATE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXHILARATE · 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.
EXHILARATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXHILARATES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEEHILRSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXHILAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXHILARATES?
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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