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IMPULSION
Definition of IMPULSION
noun
The act of impelling or driving onward, or the state of being impelled; the sudden or momentary agency of a body in motion on another body; also, the impelling force, or impulse.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English impulsioun, from Old French impulsion, from Latin impulsio, impulsionem.
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.
IMPULSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
IMPULSION starts with I and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IILMNOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start IMPULS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found IMPULSION?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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