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CUMBROUS
Definition of CUMBROUS
adjective
Unwieldy because of size or weight; cumbersome.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English combrous (“causing obstruction; clumsy; obstructed; bothersome, difficult; burdensome, onerous; serious; causing trouble, troublesome; dangerous; immoral; unjust, wrongful; upset”) [and other forms], from komber, kumbre (“distress; destruction”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as cumber + -ous.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUMBROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUMBROUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCMORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start CUMBRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUMBROUS?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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