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IMBECILES
Definition of IMBECILES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
IMBECILES inherits its ancestry from its root, IMBECILE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMBECILE · 1 relative 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.
IMBECILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMBECILES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEEIILMS - 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 27
Could you have found IMBECILES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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