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EXORCIST
Definition of EXORCIST
noun
A person, especially a priest or priestess, who is a practitioner in exorcism to force out evil spirits or demons from a living being.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French exorciste, from Latin exorcista, from Ancient Greek ἐξορκιστής (exorkistḗs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% 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.
EXORCIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXORCIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIORSTX - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXORCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXORCIST?
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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