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CUMBIA
Definition of CUMBIA
noun
A traditional style of Colombian dance and music, or a piece in this style.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Colombian and Panamanian Spanish cumbia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUMBIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUMBIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABCIMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CUMBIA?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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