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GRIPS
Definition of GRIPS
noun
plural of grip
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Word DNA
GRIPS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIP.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (994)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIP · 5 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.
GRIPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRIPS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found GRIPS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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