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EXOCUTICLE
Definition of EXOCUTICLE
noun
The layer between the epicuticle and the endocuticle of an insect
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exo- + cuticle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXOCUTICLE · 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.
EXOCUTICLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXOCUTICLE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCEEILOTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and C appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found EXOCUTICLE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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