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IMPEDANCE
Definition of IMPEDANCE
noun
The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From impede + -ance. In sense 2 and sense 3 it was coined by English mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1886.
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.
IMPEDANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPEDANCE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found IMPEDANCE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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