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GRIPPIEST
Definition of GRIPPIEST
adjective
superlative form of grippy: most grippy
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Word DNA
GRIPPIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIP.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,066)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIP · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRIPPIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRIPPIEST starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGIIPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GRIPPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRIPPIEST?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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