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GIMP
Definition of GIMP
noun
A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since about 1660, perhaps from Dutch gimp or French guimpe, and likely from Old French guimpre, a variant of guipure, a kind of trimming. The regional sense of "gumption" is attested since about 1905, and may have developed due to the reinforced nature of gimp cord, or possibly the influence of the words gumption and gumph.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GIMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GIMP starts with G and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read GIMP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GIMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found GIMP?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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