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EMPATHY
Definition of EMPATHY
noun
Identification with or understanding of the thoughts, feelings, or emotional state of another person.
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Where it comes from
A twentieth-century borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐμπάθεια (empátheia, literally “passion”) (formed from ἐν (en, “in, at”) + πάθος (páthos, “feeling”)), equivalent to em- + -pathy, coined by Edward Bradford Titchener in 1909 to translate German Einfühlung. The modern word in Greek εμπάθεια (empátheia) has an opposite meaning denoting strong negative feelings and prejudice against someone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,708)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
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.
EMPATHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
EMPATHY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHMPTY - 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 7
Could you have found EMPATHY?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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