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OCCUPY
Definition of OCCUPY
verb
To take or use. To fill.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English occupien, occupyen, borrowed from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), from ob (“to, on”) + capiō (“to take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, OCCUPY · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OCCUPY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 295 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OCCUPY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCOPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OCCUPY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OCCUPY?
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