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CRUMBING
Definition of CRUMBING
verb
present participle and gerund of crumb
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Word DNA
CRUMBING inherits its ancestry from its root, CRUMB.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRUMB · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRUMBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 92, 20 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CRUMBING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCGIMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CRUMBING?
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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