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EXPURGES
Definition of EXPURGES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of expurge
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Word DNA
EXPURGES inherits its ancestry from its root, EXPURGE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
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, EXPURGE · 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.
EXPURGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPURGES starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGPRSUX - 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 EXPURGES?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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