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CONTUMELIOUS
Definition of CONTUMELIOUS
adjective
Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumēliōsus (“insulting; abusive”), from contumēlia (“affront, abuse, insult”).
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.
CONTUMELIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONTUMELIOUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILMNOOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start CONTUMEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CONTUMELIOUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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