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EMACIATED
Definition of EMACIATED
adjective
Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease.
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Word DNA
EMACIATED inherits its ancestry from its root, EMACIATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMACIATE · 5 relatives 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.
EMACIATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMACIATED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEIMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EMACIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EMACIATED?
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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