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EMPIRIC
Definition of EMPIRIC
adjective
Empirical.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin empiricus, from Ancient Greek ἐμπειρῐκός (empeirĭkós, “experienced”), from ἐμπειρία (empeiría, “experience, mere experience or practice without knowledge, especially in medicine, empiricism”), from ἔμπειρος (émpeiros, “experienced or practised in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + πεῖρα (peîra, “a trial, experiment, attempt”). Not related to empire.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMPIRIC · 5 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.
EMPIRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMPIRIC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start EMPIRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EMPIRIC?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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