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IMPORTUNACY
Definition of IMPORTUNACY
noun
The quality of being importunate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From importunate + -cy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPORTUNACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPORTUNACY starts with I and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACIMNOPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IMPORTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPORTUNACY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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