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IMAM
Definition of IMAM
noun
One who leads the salat prayers in a mosque.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic إِمَام (ʔimām, “leader”).
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.
IMAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMAM starts with I and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIMM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M 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 IMAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMAM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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