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HAMPER
Definition of HAMPER
noun
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.
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.
HAMPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HAMPER starts with H and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHMPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAMPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found HAMPER?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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