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STRIM
Definition of STRIM
verb
To cut using a strimmer/string trimmer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from strimmer, originally a trademark.
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.
STRIM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRIM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read IMRST - 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 STRIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRIM?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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