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SIMPER
Definition of SIMPER
verb
To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant, dainty”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SIMP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SIMPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SIMPER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIMPRS - 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 SIMPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SIMPER?
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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