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EXORCISM
Definition of EXORCISM
noun
The ritual act of driving out evil spirits from persons, places or things that are possessed by them.
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Where it comes from
From Old French exorciser, from Late Latin exorcizō, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκίζω (exorkízō, “to ward off, to charge under oath, adjure”), from ἐξ (ex) + ὅρκος (hórkos).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% 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.
EXORCISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXORCISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIMORSX - 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 EXORCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXORCISM?
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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