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IMPERIL

/ɪmˈpɛɹəl/7 letters

Definition of IMPERIL

verb

To put into peril; to place in danger.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From im- + peril.

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.

IMPERIL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 9 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
35
First board
91
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

IMPERIL
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

IMPERIL starts with I and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EIILMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start IMPERI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IMPERIAIMPERIALIMPERILSIMPERIUMIMPERIALSIMPERILEDIMPERIOUSIMPERIUMSIMPERIALLYIMPERILINGIMPERILLEDIMPERIALISE

Could you have found IMPERIL?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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