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IMPECUNIOUS
Definition of IMPECUNIOUS
adjective
Lacking money.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From im- + pecunious, from Latin pecūniōsus, from pecūnia (“money”) + -ōsus (“full of”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPECUNIOUS · 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.
IMPECUNIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPECUNIOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMNOPSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and U appear more than once.
Words that start IMPECUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found IMPECUNIOUS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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