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EXORCISED
Definition of EXORCISED
verb
simple past and past participle of exorcise
verb
To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
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Word DNA
EXORCISED inherits its ancestry from its root, EXORCISE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXORCISE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXORCISED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 91, 19 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXORCISED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIORSX - 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 EXORCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXORCISED?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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