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EMACS

/ˈiːmæks/5 letters

Definition of EMACS

noun

Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

EMACS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
120
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

yata

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EMACS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EMACS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start EMACS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EMACSEN

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