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HEMPEN
Definition of HEMPEN
adjective
Made of hemp
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn (“hempen, made of hemp”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with West Frisian himpen (“hempen”), Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German Low German hempen (“hempen”), German hanfen, hänfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,624)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEMPEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 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
HEMPEN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEHMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HEMPEN?
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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