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EMPIRICIST
Definition of EMPIRICIST
noun
an advocate or supporter of empiricism
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From empiric + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
EMPIRICIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
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
EMPIRICIST starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIIIMPRST - 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.
Could you have found EMPIRICIST?
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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