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EXPURGATE
Definition of EXPURGATE
verb
To edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
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Where it comes from
From Latin expurgātus, perfect passive participle of expurgō (“purge, cleanse, purify”).
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.
EXPURGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
EXPURGATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEGPRTUX - 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 EXPURG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPURGATE?
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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