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EMPLOYEE
Definition of EMPLOYEE
noun
A person who provides labor to a company or another person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From employ + -ee. First attested in the early 19th century, possibly modeled after French employé.
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.
EMPLOYEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPLOYEE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEELMOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EMPLOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPLOYEE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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