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EMPANELS
Definition of EMPANELS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of empanel
IMPANEL · via empanel
verb
To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list.
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Word DNA
EMPANELS inherits its ancestry from its root, EMPANEL.
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 (854)
branch · 15.4% 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.
EMPANELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
EMPANELS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEELMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found EMPANELS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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