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EMOLLIENT
Definition of EMOLLIENT
noun
Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, e- + Latin moll- + -i- + -ent.
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.
EMOLLIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMOLLIENT starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEILLMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EMOLLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMOLLIENT?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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