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EMPATH
Definition of EMPATH
noun
Someone with an extraordinarily high capability of sensing the emotions of others. Someone who does so through psychological talent or training, thus having an unusually good level of empathy.
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Where it comes from
From empathy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMPATH · 1 relative 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.
EMPATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EMPATH starts with E and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEHMPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMPATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found EMPATH?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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