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CUMBIAS
Definition of CUMBIAS
noun
plural of cumbia
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Word DNA
CUMBIAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CUMBIA.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (437)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUMBIA · 1 relative 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.
CUMBIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUMBIAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCIMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CUMBIAS?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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