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EXOPLANETARY
Definition of EXOPLANETARY
adjective
Of or pertaining to an exoplanet, a planet outside the solar system
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exoplanet + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EXOPLANET · 2 relatives 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.
EXOPLANETARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXOPLANETARY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEELNOPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXOPLANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXOPLANETARY?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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