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EXPOSITION

/ɛkspəˈzɪʃən/10 letters

Definition of EXPOSITION

noun

The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

EXPOSITION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
32
First board
87
Latest board
53
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

Built from these letters

EXPOSITION
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EXPOSITION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIINOOPSTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start EXPOSI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EXPOSITION?

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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