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SAMPI
Definition of SAMPI
noun
The obsolete Greek letter Ϡ (S), ϡ (s).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σαμπῖ (sampî).
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.
SAMPI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAMPI starts with S and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAMPI?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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