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EXHUMES
Definition of EXHUMES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of exhume
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Another sense
EXHUMES carries a second meaning.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of exhume.
Word DNA
EXHUMES inherits its ancestry from its root, EXHUME.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXHUME · 6 relatives in the game
EXHUMES in a sentence
“No matter: accomplishing prodigious research and writing with an elegant vim befitting his “Old-Time Wild Man” subject, Sragow exhumes an obscured life and explicates an enduring oeuvre.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXHUMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
EXHUMES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHMSUX - 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 EXHUME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXHUMES?
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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