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IMBURSED
Definition of IMBURSED
verb
simple past and past participle of imburse
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Word DNA
IMBURSED inherits its ancestry from its root, IMBURSE.
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 (3,617)
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.
IMBURSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMBURSED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEIMRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IMBURS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMBURSED?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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