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EMPHYSEMA
Definition of EMPHYSEMA
noun
An abnormal accumulation of air or other gas in tissues, most commonly the lungs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Multiple origins. Partially from post-Classical Latin emphȳsēma (“swelling”), from Ancient Greek ἐμφῡ́σημα (emphū́sēma), from ἐμφῡσάω (emphūsáō, “to puff up”). Also borrowed from Middle French emphysema, from the same Latin source; compare French emphysème. Attested from the late 16th century.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (913)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMPHYSEMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPHYSEMA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEEHMMPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and M appear more than once.
Words that start EMPHYS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPHYSEMA?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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