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EXPECT
Definition of EXPECT
verb
To predict or believe that something will happen
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Where it comes from
From Latin expectāre, infinitive form of exspectō (“look out for, await, expect”), from ex (“out”) + spectō (“look at”), frequentative of speciō (“see”).
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.
EXPECT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXPECT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEPTX - 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.
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 EXPECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPECT?
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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