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EXHORTS
Definition of EXHORTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of exhort
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Word DNA
EXHORTS inherits its ancestry from its root, EXHORT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXHORT · 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.
EXHORTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXHORTS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHORSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXHORT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXHORTS?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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