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WIMPLING
Definition of WIMPLING
verb
present participle and gerund of wimple
noun
A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
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Word DNA
WIMPLING inherits its ancestry from its root, WIMPLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WIMPLE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Scots, 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.
WIMPLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WIMPLING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILMNPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found WIMPLING?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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