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EXPOUND
Definition of EXPOUND
verb
To set out the meaning of; to explain or discuss at length.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English expounden, from Old French espondre, from Latin exponere. Doublet of expone and expose.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPOUND · 2 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.
EXPOUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPOUND starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENOPUX - 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 EXPOUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPOUND?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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