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IMBUING

7 letters

Definition of IMBUING

verb

present participle and gerund of imbue

IMBUE

verb

To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.

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Word DNA

IMBUING inherits its ancestry from its root, IMBUE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,378)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, IMBUE · 5 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IMBUING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 25 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
25
Boards found on
37
First board
165
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

rachContributor

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IMBUING
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IMBUING starts with I and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGIIMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Could you have found IMBUING?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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