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IMPATIENCES
Definition of IMPATIENCES
noun
plural of impatience
noun
The quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
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Word DNA
IMPATIENCES inherits its ancestry from its root, IMPATIENCE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPATIENCE · 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.
IMPATIENCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPATIENCES starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIIMNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.
Words that start IMPATIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found IMPATIENCES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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