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EMICANT
Definition of EMICANT
adjective
shining forth or flashing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ēmicāns, present participle of ēmicō. See emication.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMICANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
EMICANT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMNT - 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.
Could you have found EMICANT?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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