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EXOSPORIUM
Definition of EXOSPORIUM
noun
The outer layer of a pollen grain or spore; the exine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From exo- + spore + -ium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
EXOSPORIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EXOSPORIUM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIMOOPRSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXOSPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXOSPORIUM?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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