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GUIMPES

7 letters

Definition of GUIMPES

noun

plural of guimpe

GUIMPE

noun

Gimp; a narrow flat braid or reinforced cord of fabric used for ornamental trimming.

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Word DNA

GUIMPES inherits its ancestry from its root, GUIMPE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Frankish
  4. Old French
  5. Middle French
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.4%

of traced words share this origin (11,223)

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, GUIMPE · 7 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old English, Old Norse.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GUIMPES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its 16 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
55
First board
147
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

kwi

on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GUIMPES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GUIMPES starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGIMPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GUIMPE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GUIMPES?

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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.

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