The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
IMPEDING
Definition of IMPEDING
adjective
This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
IMPEDING inherits its ancestry from its root, IMPED.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,695)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPED · 2 relatives 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.
IMPEDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPEDING starts with I and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIIMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 IMPEDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found IMPEDING?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER