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IMPRECATE
Definition of IMPRECATE
verb
To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin imprecātus, perfect active participle of imprecor (“to invoke (good or evil) upon, pray to, call upon”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“upon”) + precor (“to pray”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, IMPRECATE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPRECATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPRECATE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIMPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start IMPREC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found IMPRECATE?
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