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CRIMPIEST

/ˈkɹɪmpi/9 letters

Definition of CRIMPIEST

Wiktionary has no entry for CRIMPIEST itself. This is its base word, CRIMPY.

adjective

Having a crimped appearance; frizzly.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for CRIMPY.

From crimp + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

CRIMPIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 9 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
53
First board
96
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

capybara

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

CRIMPIEST
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CRIMPIEST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEIIMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start CRIMPI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CRIMPIERCRIMPING

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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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