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GRIPE
Definition of GRIPE
verb
To complain; to whine.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English gripen, from Old English grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, grasp”). Cognate with West Frisian gripe, Low German griepen, Dutch grijpen, German greifen, Danish gribe, Norwegian Bokmål gripe, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gripa, Icelandic grípa. See also grip, grope.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRIPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GRIPE starts with G and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGIPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GRIPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRIPE?
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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