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SAMPIRE
Definition of SAMPIRE
noun
Alternative form 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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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAMPIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 102, 30 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAMPIRE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIMPRS - 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 SAMPIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SAMPIRE?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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