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EMPATHICAL
Definition of EMPATHICAL
adjective
Pertaining to empathy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From empathy + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMPATHY · 4 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.
EMPATHICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPATHICAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACEHILMPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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 EMPATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPATHICAL?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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