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IMPALE
Definition of IMPALE
verb
To pierce (something) with any long, pointed object.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPALE · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPALE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 IMPALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found IMPALE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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