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ALEMBICS
Definition of ALEMBICS
noun
plural of alembic
noun
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
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Another sense
ALEMBICS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of alembic.
Word DNA
ALEMBICS inherits its ancestry from its root, ALEMBIC.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALEMBIC · 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.
ALEMBICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALEMBICS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCEILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ALEMBICS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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