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CLAMP
Definition of CLAMP
noun
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things that are apart together.
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Where it comes from
From Middle Dutch clamp, klampe (“a clamp, hook”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with Middle Low German klampe (“hook, clasp”), German Klampfe, Klampe (“clamp, cleat”), Norwegian klamp (“clamp”), Alemannic German Chlempi.
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.
CLAMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CLAMP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACLMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLAMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CLAMP?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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