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EMULOUS
Definition of EMULOUS
adjective
Ambitious or competitive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English emulous, from Latin aemulus (“striving to equal or excel, rivaling; in a bad sense, envious, jealous”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ἁμιλλάομαι (hamilláomai, “strive, contend”), akin to Latin imitari (“to imitate”); see imitate.
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.
EMULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EMULOUS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELMOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start EMULOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found EMULOUS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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