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EMULGE
Definition of EMULGE
verb
To milk out; to drain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin emulgeo, emulsum; e (“out”) + mulgeo (“to milk”); akin to English milk. See milk.
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.
EMULGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMULGE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EMULGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EMULGE?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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