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EXPLOIT
Definition of EXPLOIT
noun
A heroic or extraordinary deed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,351)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPLOIT · 6 relatives 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.
EXPLOIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EXPLOIT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILOPTX - 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 EXPLOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPLOIT?
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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