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EXPANSE
Definition of EXPANSE
noun
A wide stretch, usually of sea, sky, or land.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin expansum, from expandō.
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.
EXPANSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 67, 26 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EXPANSE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEENPSX - 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 EXPANS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPANSE?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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