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IMPERFECTION

/ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/12 letters

Definition of IMPERFECTION

noun

Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Old French imperfeccion, from Latin imperfectiōnem, accusative of imperfectiō, from in- + perfectiō. By surface analysis, im- + perfection.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IMPERFECTION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far.

Day 1Day 101
Its 8 boards, across 101 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
19
First board
96
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

dand

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

IMPERFECTION
12
Letters
5
Vowels
7
Consonants
10
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IMPERFECTION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIIMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once.

Words that start IMPERFEC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IMPERFECTIMPERFECTSIMPERFECTLYIMPERFECTIVEIMPERFECTIONSIMPERFECTIVESIMPERFECTNESSIMPERFECTNESSES

Could you have found IMPERFECTION?

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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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