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EXPLORATION
Definition of EXPLORATION
noun
The process of exploring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French exploration, from Latin exploratio. Morphologically explore + -ation.
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.
EXPLORATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPLORATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEILNOOPRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPLORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXPLORATION?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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