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EMIC
Definition of EMIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to the analysis of a cultural system or its features from the perspective of a participant in that culture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by American linguist Kenneth Pike in 1954 from phonemic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 EMIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EMIC?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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