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EMULATION
Definition of EMULATION
noun
The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French émulation, from Latin aemulātiō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EMULATION · 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.
EMULATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMULATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEILMNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMULAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found EMULATION?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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