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IMPACTOR
Definition of IMPACTOR
noun
Any of several machines or devices in which a part impacts on another, or on a material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin impāctor, from impingō + -tor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPACTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPACTOR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACIMOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IMPACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPACTOR?
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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