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CRISPED
Definition of CRISPED
verb
simple past and past participle of crisp
adjective
Senses relating to curliness. Of hair: curling, especially in tight, stiff curls or ringlets; also , of a person: having hair curled in this manner.
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Word DNA
CRISPED inherits its ancestry from its root, CRISP.
How it is built
Same root, CRISP · 4 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.
CRISPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CRISPED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRISPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CRISPED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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