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CRUMPLING
Definition of CRUMPLING
noun
The act by which something crumples.
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Word DNA
CRUMPLING inherits its ancestry from its root, CRUMPLE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,238)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRUMPLE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CRUMPLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CRUMPLING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILMNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CRUMPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CRUMPLING?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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