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CLIP
Definition of CLIP
verb
To grip tightly.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembʰ- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).
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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.
CLIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CLIP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CLIP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
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