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AMPULES
Definition of AMPULES
noun
plural of ampule
AMPOULE · via ampule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.
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Another sense
AMPULES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of ampule.
Word DNA
AMPULES inherits its ancestry from its root, AMPUL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMPUL · 2 relatives in the game
AMPULES in a sentence
“Gerhard lost his license to practice poetry, cracked one too many, one would guess albumin ampules in the Orange Julius zest; a few egg shells floating around in there, too.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AMPULES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 128 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMPULES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found AMPULES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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