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EMPTY
Definition of EMPTY
adjective
Devoid of content; containing nothing or nobody; vacant.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English emty, amty, from Old English ǣmtiġ, ǣmettiġ (“vacant, empty, free, idle, unmarried”, literally “without must or obligation, leisurely”), from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + Proto-Germanic *mōtijô, *mōtô (“must, obligation, need”), *mōtiþô (“ability, accommodation”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure; to acquire, possess, be in command”). Related to Old English ġeǣmtigian (“to empty”), ǣmetta (“leisure”), mōtan (“can, to be allowed”). More at mote, meet. The interconsonantal excrescent p is a euphonic insertion dating from Middle English.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EMPTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
EMPTY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EMPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMPTY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EMPTY?
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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