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EXPEDITIOUS
Definition of EXPEDITIOUS
adjective
Fast, prompt, speedy.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English expedycius (“useful, fitting”), from Latin expedītus (“disengaged, ready, convenient, prompt; unfettered, unencumbered”), past participle of expediō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPEDITIOUS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXPEDITIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXPEDITIOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEIIOPSTUX - 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 EXPEDIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found EXPEDITIOUS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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