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EMBOLISMAL
Definition of EMBOLISMAL
adjective
Archaic form of embolismic.
EMBOLISMIC
adjective
Relating to embolism or intercalation.
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Where it comes from
From embolism + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMBOLISMIC · 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.
EMBOLISMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMBOLISMAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABEILLMMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M and L appear more than once.
Words that start EMBOLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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