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EXIGENT
Definition of EXIGENT
adjective
Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,424)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXIGENT · 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.
EXIGENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 335 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXIGENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEGINTX - 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.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found EXIGENT?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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