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IMPROV
Definition of IMPROV
noun
Improvisation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of improvisation and improvise.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, IMPROV · 4 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.
IMPROV in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPROV starts with I and ends with V. Sorted, its letters read IMOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start IMPROV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found IMPROV?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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