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EMINENT

/ˈɛmɪnənt/7 letters

Definition of EMINENT

adjective

Noteworthy, remarkable, great.

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Where it comes from

From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ēminēns, ēminentis, from verb ēmineō (“to project, protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mineō, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from mānō (“to flow”). Displaced native Old English deal.

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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.

EMINENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

silverfox

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EMINENT
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EMINENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEIMNNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.

Words that start EMINEN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EMINENCEEMINENCYEMINENCESEMINENTLYEMINENCIESEMINENTIAL

Could you have found EMINENT?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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