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CRUMPIER

/ˈkɹʌmpi/8 letters

Definition of CRUMPIER

Wiktionary has no entry for CRUMPIER itself. This is its base word, CRUMPY.

adjective

brittle; crisp

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for CRUMPY.

From crump + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

CRUMPIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 165
Its 2 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
140
First board
154
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

stoneal

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRUMPIER
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CRUMPIER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIMPRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Words that start CRUMPI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CRUMPIER?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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