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EXTRA
Definition of EXTRA
adjective
Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
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Where it comes from
Abbreviation of extraordinary.
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.
EXTRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EXTRA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AERTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EXTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EXTRA?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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