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IMPASTO
Definition of IMPASTO
noun
The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian impasto.
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.
IMPASTO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPASTO starts with I and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AIMOPST - 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 IMPAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found IMPASTO?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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