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EMORDNILAP
Definition of EMORDNILAP
noun
Alternative form of semordnilap (“reversible word, phrase, or sentence”).
SEMORDNILAP
noun
A word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.
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Where it comes from
A reverse spelling of palindrome.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
EMORDNILAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMORDNILAP starts with E and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ADEILMNOPR - 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 EMORDNILAP?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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