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EMPYREANS
Definition of EMPYREANS
noun
plural of empyrean
noun
The highest heaven, supposed by the ancients to be a region of pure light and fire or else composed of ether, and sometimes seen as the dwelling-place of God or other divine beings; the highest celestial sphere according to ancient and medieval astronomy.
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Word DNA
EMPYREANS inherits its ancestry from its root, EMPYREAN.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMPYREAN · 1 relative 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.
EMPYREANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMPYREANS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEMNPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EMPYRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMPYREANS?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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