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IMPORTANT

/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/9 letters

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).

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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.

IMPORTANT in OUTLIER

It has fitted 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 106
Its 2 boards, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards it fitted
1
First board
106
Latest board
105
Longest gap, days

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

starharts

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IMPORTANT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

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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