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BUMPTIOUS
Definition of BUMPTIOUS
adjective
Obtrusively pushy; self-important; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from bump, on the pattern of words like fractious or presumptious.
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.
BUMPTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUMPTIOUS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BIMOPSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start BUMPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found BUMPTIOUS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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