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CULMING
Definition of CULMING
Wiktionary has no entry for CULMING itself. This is its base word, CULM.
noun
Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CULM.
From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (60)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CULM · 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.
CULMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CULMING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CULMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CULMING?
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