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EXPUGNED
Definition of EXPUGNED
verb
simple past and past participle of expugn
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Word DNA
EXPUGNED inherits its ancestry from its root, EXPUGN.
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 (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPUGN · 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.
EXPUGNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPUGNED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGNPUX - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXPUGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPUGNED?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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