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BUMPY

/ˈbʌmpi/5 letters

Definition of BUMPY

adjective

Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From bump + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BUMPY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 110
Its 11 boards, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
7
First board
110
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

BUMPY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BUMPY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BMPUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found BUMPY?

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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