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IMPRISON
Definition of IMPRISON
verb
To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.
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.
IMPRISON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
IMPRISON starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IIMNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPRIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPRISON?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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