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GRIM
Definition of GRIM
adjective
Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English grim, from Old English grimm, from Proto-West Germanic *grimm, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- (“to resound, thunder, grumble, roar”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, GRIM · 6 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRIM starts with G and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found GRIM?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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