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IMIDE

/ˈɪmaɪd/5 letters

Definition of IMIDE

noun

a form of amide in which the nitrogen atom is attached to two carbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Alteration of amide.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

IMIDE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Boards found on
112
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 112, 9 September 2026.

Built from these letters

IMIDE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start IMIDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.

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