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IMPETIGO
Definition of IMPETIGO
noun
A contagious bacterial skin disease forming pustules and yellow crusty sores, chiefly on the face and hands. It is common in children and infection is often through cuts or insect bites.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin impetīgō, from impetĕre (literally “to rush upon, assail, attack”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPETIGO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPETIGO starts with I and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EGIIMOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPETI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found IMPETIGO?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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