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EXOTERIC
Definition of EXOTERIC
adjective
Of a doctrine, information, etc.: suitable to be imparted to the public without secrecy or other reservations.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin exōtericus + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Exōtericus is borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξωτερῐκός (exōterĭkós, “exterior, external, outside”, adjective), from ἐξωτέρω (exōtérō, “more exterior”) (the comparative form of ἔξω (éxō, “external, outer”) (ultimately from ἐκ (ek, “beyond; outside”, preposition), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out”)) + -τέρω (-térō) (an inflected form of -τερος (-teros, suffix forming comparative forms)) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, suffix forming adjectives). The noun is derived from the adjective.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXOTERIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
EXOTERIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEIORTX - 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 EXOTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXOTERIC?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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