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EMPUSA
Definition of EMPUSA
noun
In Ancient Greek mythology, a kind of spectre sent by Hecate to guard roads and devour travellers.
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Where it comes from
Ancient Greek Ἔμπουσα (Émpousa)
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.
EMPUSA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPUSA starts with E and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMPUSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found EMPUSA?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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