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IMPERFECTS
Definition of IMPERFECTS
noun
plural of imperfect
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Word DNA
IMPERFECTS inherits its ancestry from its root, IMPERFECT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPERFECT · 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.
IMPERFECTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPERFECTS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start IMPERF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found IMPERFECTS?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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