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IMPINGE
Definition of IMPINGE
verb
To make a physical impact on.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin impingō (“dash against, impinge”). Compare impact, derived from the perfect passive participle of impingō.
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.
IMPINGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPINGE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGIIMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found IMPINGE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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