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IMPORTUNED
Definition of IMPORTUNED
verb
simple past and past participle of importune
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Word DNA
IMPORTUNED inherits its ancestry from its root, IMPORTUNE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPORTUNE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPORTUNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPORTUNED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIMNOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IMPORT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found IMPORTUNED?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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