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HEMPIEST
Definition of HEMPIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for HEMPIEST itself. This is its base word, HEMPY.
adjective
Like hemp.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for HEMPY.
From Middle English hempy, hempi, equivalent to hemp + -y. Doublet of cannabic.
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.
HEMPIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEMPIEST starts with H and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEHIMPST - 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 HEMPIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEMPIEST?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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