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SAMPLER
Definition of SAMPLER
noun
A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar.
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.
SAMPLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SAMPLER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELMPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAMPLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SAMPLER?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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