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BUMPKIN
Definition of BUMPKIN
noun
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.
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.
BUMPKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BUMPKIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BIKMNPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUMPKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BUMPKIN?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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