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CRUMPY

/ˈkɹʌmpi/6 letters

Definition of CRUMPY

adjective

brittle; crisp

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From crump + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CRUMPY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 157
Its 16 boards, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
28
First board
157
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

lchungzilla

on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CRUMPY
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CRUMPY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CMPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found CRUMPY?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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