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EXIGENCY
Definition of EXIGENCY
noun
The demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French exigence, from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exigēns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXIGENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 87, 15 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXIGENCY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEEGINXY - 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 EXIGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXIGENCY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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