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IMPRESSION
Definition of IMPRESSION
noun
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French impression, from Latin impressio. Equivalent to impress + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
IMPRESSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPRESSION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EIIMNOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start IMPRES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPRESSION?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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