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IMPOSTOR
Definition of IMPOSTOR
noun
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French imposteur, respelled in the Latin manner; ultimately from Latin impositor, agent form of Latin imponere (“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.
IMPOSTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPOSTOR starts with I and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read IMOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start IMPOST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found IMPOSTOR?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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