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EMPLASTER
Definition of EMPLASTER
noun
A plaster.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French emplastre, from Latin emplastrum, from Ancient Greek ἔμπλαστρον (émplastron).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMPLASTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPLASTER starts with E and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEELMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EMPLAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPLASTER?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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