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CALLIPER

/kalˈəpəɹ/8 letters

Definition of CALLIPER

noun

Alternative spelling of caliper.

CALIPERS · via caliper

noun

A device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements.

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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.

CALLIPER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.

Built from these letters

CALLIPER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CALLIPER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEILLPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CALLIP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CALLIPEECALLIPASHCALLIPEESCALLIPERSCALLIPEREDCALLIPASHESCALLIPERINGCALLIPYGEANCALLIPYGIANCALLIPYGOUS

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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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