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SAMPAN
Definition of SAMPAN
noun
A Chinese flat-bottomed wooden boat propelled by two oars.
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Where it comes from
From Sinitic, likely Cantonese 三板 (saam baan) or Hokkien 舢板 (sam-pán).
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.
SAMPAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAMPAN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAMNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SAMPAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found SAMPAN?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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