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EXPLETORY
Definition of EXPLETORY
adjective
Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXPLETORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLETORY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EELOPRTXY - 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.
Words that start EXPLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPLETORY?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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