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CRUMBLING
Definition of CRUMBLING
adjective
That crumbles; that breaks into small pieces or particles.
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Word DNA
CRUMBLING inherits its ancestry from its root, CRUMBLE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,005)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRUMBLE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRUMBLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
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
CRUMBLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCGILMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRUMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRUMBLING?
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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