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EMULATORY
Definition of EMULATORY
adjective
Pertaining to emulation or rivalry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From emulate + -ory.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EMULATE · 6 relatives 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.
EMULATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMULATORY starts with E and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AELMORTUY - 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.
Could you have found EMULATORY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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