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EMPALE

/ɪmˈpeɪl/6 letters

Definition of EMPALE

verb

Obsolete form of impale.

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Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

EMPALE 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
98
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

bta258

on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

EMPALE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

EMPALE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start EMPALE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

EMPALEDEMPALEREMPALESEMPALERSEMPALEMENTEMPALEMENTS

Could you have found EMPALE?

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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.

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