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EMPANEL
Definition of EMPANEL
verb
Alternative spelling of impanel.
verb
To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,351)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMPANEL · 2 relatives 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.
EMPANEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
EMPANEL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEELMNP - 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 EMPANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPANEL?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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