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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).
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 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 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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