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CLAMPERING
Definition of CLAMPERING
verb
present participle and gerund of clamper
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Word DNA
CLAMPERING inherits its ancestry from its root, CLAMPER.
How it is built
Same root, CLAMPER · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLAMPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLAMPERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGILMNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLAMPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found CLAMPERING?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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