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CRAMPON
Definition of CRAMPON
noun
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French crampon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRAMPON · 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.
CRAMPON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 71 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAMPON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACMNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRAMPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found CRAMPON?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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