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CLUNT
Definition of CLUNT
verb
To walk in a heavy, noisy manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Origin obscure. Likely from Middle Low German klunden (“to rumble, make noise, swallow loudly, gurgle, speak in a gurgling manner”). Compare also Scots clunk (“to walk heavily”), where the shift from -t to -k is a regular occurrence.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle Low German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (79)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLUNT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CLUNT?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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