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IMPOVERISH
Definition of IMPOVERISH
verb
To make poor.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).
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.
IMPOVERISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 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 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPOVERISH starts with I and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EHIIMOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found IMPOVERISH?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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