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IMPROVIDENT
Definition of IMPROVIDENT
adjective
failing to provide for the future; reckless
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Latin improvidens, equivalent to in- + provident.
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.
IMPROVIDENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPROVIDENT starts with I and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEIIMNOPRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPROVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found IMPROVIDENT?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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