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EMPALER
Definition of EMPALER
noun
Obsolete form of impaler.
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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.
EMPALER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
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
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPALER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEELMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EMPALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPALER?
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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