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BUMFS
Definition of BUMFS
Wiktionary has no entry for BUMFS itself. This is its base word, BUMF.
noun
Useless papers; now especially official documents, standardized forms, sales and marketing print material, etc.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BUMF.
Clipping of bumfodder.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BUMF · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUMFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BUMFS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BFMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found BUMFS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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