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IMPOTENCE

/ˈɪmpətəns/9 letters

Definition of IMPOTENCE

noun

Powerlessness; incapacity.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French impotence, from Latin impotentia.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

IMPOTENCE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 11 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
20
First board
102
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.

Built from these letters

IMPOTENCE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

IMPOTENCE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIMNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start IMPOTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

IMPOTENTIMPOTENCYIMPOTENTSIMPOTENCESIMPOTENTLYIMPOTENCIES

Could you have found IMPOTENCE?

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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.

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