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EXPIATOR
Definition of EXPIATOR
noun
One who makes expiation or atonement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin expiātor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPIATOR · 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.
EXPIATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPIATOR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEIOPRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. 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 EXPIATOR?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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