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IMPULSIVE

/ɪmˈpʌlsɪv/9 letters

Definition of IMPULSIVE

adjective

Having the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French impulsif, from Latin impulsivus.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

IMPULSIVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 116
Its 15 boards, across 116 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
26
First board
116
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.

Built from these letters

IMPULSIVE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

IMPULSIVE starts with I and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIILMPSUV - 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.

IMPULSEIMPULSEDIMPULSESIMPULSINGIMPULSIONIMPULSIONSIMPULSIVELYIMPULSIVITYIMPULSIVENESSIMPULSIVITIESIMPULSIVENESSES

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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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.

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