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EXUVIAL
Definition of EXUVIAL
adjective
Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin exuviae (“what is stripped”), from exuo (“shed, strip”).
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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EXUVIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 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 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXUVIAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEILUVX - 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 start EXUVIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXUVIAL?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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