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GRIP
Definition of GRIP
verb
To take hold (of), particularly with the hand.
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Where it comes from
Verb from Middle English grippen, from Old English grippan, from a Proto-Germanic *gripjaną (compare Old High German gripfen); compare the related Old English grīpan, whence English gripe. See also grope, and the related Proto-Germanic *grīpaną. Noun from Middle English grippe, gripe, an amalgam of Old English gripe (“grasp, hold”) (cognate with German Griff) and Old English gripa (“handful”) (cognate with Swedish grepp).
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.
GRIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRIP starts with G and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read GIPR - 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 GRIP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GRIP?
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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