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EMIR
Definition of EMIR
noun
A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French emir, from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, Amir, admiral, and amira.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Turkish
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (399)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMIR · 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.
EMIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMIR starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found EMIR?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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