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IMPERATOR
Definition of IMPERATOR
noun
An emperor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin imperātor. By surface analysis, imperate + -or. Doublet of emperor and mpret.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPERATOR · 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.
IMPERATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPERATOR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEIMOPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start IMPERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPERATOR?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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