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SKIMP
Definition of SKIMP
verb
To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, dance, gesture, mock”). Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), dialectal Swedish skimpa (“to skip, dance”), Faroese skumpa (“to shove, bump”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”). Possibly distantly related to change.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,679)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SKIMP · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SKIMP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SKIMP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read IKMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SKIMP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SKIMP?
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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