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IMPOUND

/ɪmˈpaʊ̯nd/7 letters

Definition of IMPOUND

verb

To shut up or place in an enclosure called a pound.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From im- + pound.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundim-

Same root, IMPOUND · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IMPOUND in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 12 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
67
First board
144
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

partyshark12

on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

IMPOUND
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

IMPOUND starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIMNOPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start IMPOUN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found IMPOUND?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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