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EXPEDITIONARY
Definition of EXPEDITIONARY
adjective
Of or pertaining to an expedition.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From expedition + -ary.
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.
EXPEDITIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPEDITIONARY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIINOPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPEDITIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPEDITIONARY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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