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IMBECILE
Definition of IMBECILE
noun
A person with limited mental capacity who can perform tasks and think only like a young child, in medical circles meaning a person who lacks the capacity to develop beyond the mental age of a normal five- to seven-year-old child.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French imbécile, from Latin imbēcillus (“weak, feeble”), literally “without a staff”.
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.
IMBECILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 297 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMBECILE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEIILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start IMBECI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found IMBECILE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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