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EXPURGATES
Definition of EXPURGATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Word DNA
EXPURGATES inherits its ancestry from its root, EXPURGATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPURGATE · 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.
EXPURGATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 36 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 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 67, 26 July 2026.
Built from these letters
EXPURGATES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEGPRSTUX - 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 EXPURGATES?
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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