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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).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, CRIMP · 8 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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 19 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 19 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards found on
53
First board
155
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

capybara

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

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.

Could you have found CRIMPIEST?

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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