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SAMPHIRE
Definition of SAMPHIRE
noun
One of several salt-tolerant plants, some edible: Plants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia) Marsh samphire, glasswort, pickleweed (Salicornia europaea), a plant once burned to produce ash used to make soda glass. Rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum). Golden samphire (Limbarda crithmoides, syn. Inula crithmoides). tree seaside tansy (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies. Plant of the species Gomphrena vermicularis Plants of genus Tecticornia
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Where it comes from
Originally sampiere, from French Saint Pierre (Saint Peter), the patron saint of fishermen, who often harvested the plant.
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.
SAMPHIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAMPHIRE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIMPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAMPHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SAMPHIRE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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