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CRIMPING

/ˈkɹɪmpɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of CRIMPING

verb

present participle and gerund of crimp

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CRIMPING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 18 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
9
First board
108
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 9, 29 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

rumpelstiltskin

on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRIMPING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CRIMPING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIIMNPR - 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.

CRIMPIERCRIMPIEST

Could you have found CRIMPING?

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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.

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