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BLIMPINGS
Definition of BLIMPINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for BLIMPINGS itself. This is its base word, BLIMP.
noun
An airship constructed with a nonrigid lifting agent container.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BLIMP.
Origin not entirely certain. However, most historians believe that it is onomatopoeia for the sound a blimp makes when thumped. Although there is some disagreement among historians, credit for coining the term is usually given to Lt. A. D. Cunningham of the British Royal Navy in 1915. There is an often repeated, but false, alternative explanation for the term. The erroneous story is that at some time in the early 20th century, the United States military had two classes for airships: Type A-rigid and Type B-limp, hence “blimp”. In fact, A. D. Topping reports on the “Etymology of ‘Blimp’”, in the AAHS Journal, Winter 1963, that:
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BLIMPINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 165, 1 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BLIMPINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGIILMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start BLIMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BLIMPINGS?
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