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CRAMPING
Definition of CRAMPING
verb
present participle and gerund of cramp
noun
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
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Word DNA
CRAMPING inherits its ancestry from its root, CRAMP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRAMP · 4 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.
CRAMPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAMPING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGIMNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRAMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CRAMPING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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