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EMULSION
Definition of EMULSION
noun
A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).
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.
EMULSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EMULSION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EILMNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start EMULSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found EMULSION?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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