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DUMA
Definition of DUMA
noun
A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Russian ду́ма (dúma, “elective legislative assembly”, originally: “thought”), from Proto-Slavic *duma (“breath, spirit; word; mind, thought; advice”). The drink is named after the legislative assembly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Slavic
- Russian
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
44th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (56)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUMA · 4 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.
DUMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DUMA starts with D and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ADMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found DUMA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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