The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
EXTERNS
Definition of EXTERNS
noun
plural of extern
noun
A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. A day-scholar.
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Word DNA
EXTERNS inherits its ancestry from its root, EXTERN.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXTERN · 1 relative 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.
EXTERNS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 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
EXTERNS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EENRSTX - 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 EXTERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXTERNS?
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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