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PREEMPTS
Definition of PREEMPTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of preempt
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Word DNA
PREEMPTS inherits its ancestry from its root, PREEMPT.
How it is built
Same root, PREEMPT · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREEMPTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
Built from these letters
PREEMPTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEMPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PREEMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREEMPTS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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