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EXPLORES

8 letters

Definition of EXPLORES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of explore

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

EXPLORES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 104
Its one board, across 104 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
85
First board
19
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First ever to find it

rebeccakellPATRON

on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EXPLORES
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EXPLORES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EELOPRSX - 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 EXPLOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EXPLOREEXPLOREDEXPLOREREXPLORERSEXPLORINGEXPLORATIONEXPLORATIVEEXPLORATORYEXPLORATIONSEXPLORATIONALEXPLORATIVELY

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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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