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EXULTING

8 letters

Definition of EXULTING

verb

present participle and gerund of exult

EXULT

verb

To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).

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Other senses

EXULTING carries 4 further meanings.

  1. adjective

    Rejoicing triumphantly or exceedingly; exultant.

  2. verb

    Present participle of exult.

  3. adjective

    Of or relating to exultation.

  4. adjective

    joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

    “a triumphal success”

Word DNA

EXULTING inherits its ancestry from its root, EXULT.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,912)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

verbcompoundex-

Same root, EXULT · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EXULTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 225 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 153
Its 23 boards, across 153 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
23
Boards found on
32
First board
145
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

fari

on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EXULTING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EXULTING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNTUX - 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.

Words that mean much the same

Near-synonyms of EXULTING. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.

EXULTANT

Words that start EXULTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found EXULTING?

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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