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IMBURSE
Definition of IMBURSE
verb
To put into a purse; to save, to store up.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin imbursāre, Late Latin imbursāre, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’ usually affixed to verbs)) + bursa (“animal skin, oxhide; purse (usually made of leather or skin); supply of money, funds”) (from Ancient Greek βῠ́ρσᾰ (bŭ́rsă, “animal skin; skin stripped off a hide”)); analysable as im- + burse. The word is cognate with Old French enborser (modern French embourser), Italian imborsare, Spanish embolsar (“to bag”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMBURSE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Old French, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMBURSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
IMBURSE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IMBURS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMBURSE?
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