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IMPARLANCE
Definition of IMPARLANCE
noun
Discussion, especially before some action is taken; conference, debate.
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Where it comes from
Ultimately from Anglo-Norman emparlance, from the verb Old French emparler. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,303)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPARLANCE · 1 relative 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.
IMPARLANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPARLANCE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEILMNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start IMPARL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPARLANCE?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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