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IMPAIR
Definition of IMPAIR
verb
To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English impairen, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, from Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from in- + Late Latin peiōrāre (“worsen”), from peiōrem (“worse”), comparative of malus (“bad”).
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.
IMPAIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPAIR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AIIMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPAIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPAIR?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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