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EXPIATION
Definition of EXPIATION
noun
An act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French expiation, from Latin expiātiō(n) (“satisfaction”).
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.
EXPIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPIATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEIINOPTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPIATION?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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