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SAMP
Definition of SAMP
noun
An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Massachusett nasamp, nasaump (“softened with water”); compare suppawn.
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.
SAMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SAMP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found SAMP?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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