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CRIMP
Definition of CRIMP
adjective
Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crimpen (“to be contracted, be drawn together”), from Middle Dutch crimpen, crempen (“to crimp”), from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną (“to shrink, draw back”) (compare related Old English ġecrympan (“to curl”)). Cognate with Dutch krimpen, German Low German krimpen, Faroese kreppa (“crisis”), and Icelandic kreppa (“to bend tightly, clench”). Compare also derivative Middle English crymplen (“to wrinkle”) and causative crempen (“to turn something back, restrain”, literally “to cause to shrink or draw back”), both ultimately derived from the same root. See also cramp.
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.
CRIMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRIMP starts with C and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CIMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRIMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found CRIMP?
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