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EXUVIAE
Definition of EXUVIAE
noun
plural of exuvia
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
EXUVIAE carries 4 further meanings.
noun plural
The cast-off skins or coverings of various organisms, such as the shells of crabs or the external coverings of the larvae and nymphs of insects.
Cast-off skins, shells, or other coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or sloughed off, as the skins of caterpillars, the shells of lobsters, the cuticle of snakes, the feathers of birds.
Skins of animals artificially removed and prepared for preservation.
noun plural
Cast skins, shells, or coverings of animals; any parts of animals which are shed or cast off, as the skins of snakes, the shells of lobsters, etc.
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin exuviae, from exuō (“cast off, undress”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
EXUVIAE in a sentence
“If I understand what was being said correctly, then "exuviae" classical meaning - armour stripped from a dead enemy, or skin taken from or shed by an animal is correctly a plural term that is used as a singular, in the same way that English speakers say "I take off my clothes" and never "I take off my cloth".”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXUVIAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXUVIAE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEIUVX - 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 EXUVIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXUVIAE?
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