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EMPIRICALS
Definition of EMPIRICALS
noun
plural of empirical
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Word DNA
EMPIRICALS inherits its ancestry from its root, EMPIRICAL.
How it is built
Same root, EMPIRICAL · 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.
EMPIRICALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPIRICALS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIILMPRS - 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 35
Could you have found EMPIRICALS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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