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EXIMIOUS
Definition of EXIMIOUS
adjective
Pre-eminent, outstanding.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin eximius (“set apart, select”), from eximō (“take out or away; deliver, free”), from ex (“out of, from”) + emō (“buy; acquire, take”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXIMIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXIMIOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIIMOSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found EXIMIOUS?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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