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IMPOSTING
Definition of IMPOSTING
Wiktionary has no entry for IMPOSTING itself. This is its base word, IMPOST.
noun
A tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for IMPOST.
Borrowed from Middle French impost, itself borrowed or adapted from Latin impōsitus, past participle of impōnō (“to impose”).
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.
IMPOSTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPOSTING starts with I and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIMNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPOST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPOSTING?
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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