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IMPORTANT
Definition of IMPORTANT
adjective
Having relevant and crucial value; having import.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English hēah and hefiġ.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPORTANT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPORTANT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AIMNOPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start IMPORT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found IMPORTANT?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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