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EXOGAMY
Definition of EXOGAMY
noun
Marriage to or mating with a person belonging to a tribe or group other than one's own, especially as required by custom or law.
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Other senses
EXOGAMY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The custom of marrying outside the tribe, family, clan, or other social unit.
noun
The fusion of gametes from individuals that are not closely related, as in outbreeding.
noun
The custom among certain tribes which prohibits a man from marrying a woman of his own tribe.
noun
In botany, the tendency of closely allied gametes to avoid pairing.
Where it comes from
From exo- + -gamy. Coined by British lawyer and ethnologist John Ferguson McLennan in his Studies in Ancient History, page 25. Compare outmarriage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXOGAMY · 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.
EXOGAMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXOGAMY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGMOXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXOGAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXOGAMY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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