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EXPANDS
Definition of EXPANDS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of expand
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXPANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 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
EXPANDS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADENPSX - 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 EXPAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXPANDS?
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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